Earnings Reaction: Social media chatter highlights Caterpillar's recent earnings beat and strong guidance, yet shares dipped as investors question whether growth has peaked amid robust backlog figures.
AI and Power Demand: Analysts and observers note the firm's resumption of gas engine production to meet surging power generation needs tied to AI infrastructure, with some viewing this as a durable tailwind rather than a fleeting cycle.
Analyst Views: Neutral ratings from firms like Baird underscore caution around peak EPS momentum, even as bulls point to record sales potential in industrial applications.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Caterpillar Insider Trading Activity
Caterpillar insiders have traded $CAT stock on the open market 31 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 30 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CAT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- LANGE BOB DE (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 36,729 shares for an estimated $31,948,847.
- DENISE C JOHNSON (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 10 sales selling 18,801 shares for an estimated $17,081,250.
- ANTHONY D. FASSINO (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 17,043 shares for an estimated $14,607,584.
- ANDREW R J BONFIELD (CFO Emeritus) sold 15,674 shares for an estimated $14,399,860
- RODNEY MICHAEL SHURMAN (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 9,681 shares for an estimated $8,170,017.
- JASON KAISER (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 7,332 shares for an estimated $6,294,678.
- JOSEPH E CREED (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 2,500 shares for an estimated $1,797,316.
- WILLIAM E SCHAUPP (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 1,332 shares for an estimated $1,068,962.
- DAVID MACLENNAN purchased 250 shares for an estimated $219,210
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
Caterpillar Revenue
Caterpillar had revenues of $20.5B in Q2 2026. This is an increase of 23.98% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track CAT financials on Quiver Quantitative's CAT stock page.
You can access data on CAT stock through the Quiver Quantitative API.
Caterpillar Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $CAT stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CAT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ sold up to $15,000 on 03/31.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
Caterpillar Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,709 institutional investors add shares of Caterpillar stock to their portfolio, and 1,676 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- DIAMANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 3,136,170 shares (-99.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,339,707,433
- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO removed 2,866,464 shares (-16.4%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,030,775,085
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 2,741,180 shares (-71.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $1,942,016,382
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO removed 1,327,696 shares (-88.2%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $940,619,508
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 1,320,369 shares (+61.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $935,428,621
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 1,061,224 shares (-15.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $751,834,755
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 822,072 shares (+2.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $875,424,472
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
Caterpillar Government Contracts
We have seen $163,923,664 of award payments to $CAT over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS FIRM FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PURCHASE CATERPILLAR SPARE PARTS FOR THE COUNTRY ...: $25,914,691
- DELIVERY ORDER W912CH-26-F-0058 IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 33 CDRL'S TO INCORPORATE THE ELECTRO-OVER HYDRAUL...: $6,502,066
- CAT EARTHMOVING SLEP: $5,813,442
- STANDARD CONTRACT WITH BASE AND OPTION QUANTITIES FOR UP TO 110 DIESEL ENGINES (NSN 2815-01-568-0408) FOR E...: $5,184,690
- 8512072121!10K AT NUCLEAR CERTIFIED FORK: $4,576,079
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.
Caterpillar Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $CAT recently. We have seen 10 analysts offer price targets for $CAT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $952.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Jamie Cook from Truist Securities set a target price of $1218.0 on 07/02/2026
- Jerry Revich from Wells Fargo set a target price of $1155.0 on 06/23/2026
- John Eade from Argus Research set a target price of $990.0 on 05/05/2026
- Michael Shlisky from DA Davidson set a target price of $845.0 on 05/04/2026
- Kyle Menges from Citigroup set a target price of $1020.0 on 05/04/2026
- Angel Castillo from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $915.0 on 05/01/2026
- Tami Zakaria from JP Morgan set a target price of $1125.0 on 05/01/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
