CAT
Aristocrat 🏅Caterpillar • Industrials
Current price
$815.56
Dividend yield
0.80%
Current snapshot
Current profile
Growth-led
1Y DPS +7.3% · payout 28.1%
Growth record
31 years
Consecutive increases
vs. 5Y average yield
-0.81%
5Y average 1.61%
Valuation context
Overvalued
Most recent ex-date 2026-07-20
Yield context
Current yield is compared with 1.61% over 5 years and 2.09% over 10 years. These comparisons are research context only, not a recommendation.
The most recent ex-dividend date was 2026-07-20.
Quote snapshot (US/Eastern): Sep 9, 2026, 4:00 PM. Quotes are indicative and may be delayed. Not investment advice. Disclaimer & sources
Payout record
CAT dividend history — annual dividend per share
Total regular dividends Caterpillar paid per share in each completed calendar year, summed from actual payment dates.
Latest full year
$5.84
2025
Years with data
13
Within 2011–2025
Annual growth
+8.8%
Compound annual rate
Change over period
+224%
Per share, cumulative
| Year | Dividend per share | Relative size | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.84 | +7.7% | |
| 2024 | $5.42 | +8.4% | |
| 2023 | $5.00 | +8.2% | |
| 2022 | $4.62 | +7.9% | |
| 2021 | $4.28 | +3.9% | |
| 2020 | $4.12 | +9.0% | |
| 2019 | $3.78 | +15.2% | |
| 2018 | $3.28 | +5.8% | |
| 2017 | $3.10 | +0.6% | |
| 2016 | $3.08 | +4.8% | |
| 2015 | $2.94 | +13.1% | |
| 2014 | $2.60 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | |
| 2011 | $1.80 | — |
Regular dividends only — special or one-time distributions are excluded so year-over-year changes reflect the ordinary payout. The current year is omitted until it is complete, and a dash marks a year whose source payment records are incomplete. Figures are summed from payment history and may differ from company-reported declared amounts.
Sector comparison
CAT among Industrials peers
Dividend yield
0.80%
Median 1.43%
-0.63% vs. sector median · Current yield compared with peers
1Y dividend growth
+7.3%
Median +7.1%
++0.2% vs. sector median · Trailing-12-month comparison
Payout ratio
28.1%
Median 32.7%
-4.6% vs. sector median · Comparable trailing-EPS ratios only
This panel compares the current site snapshot with tracked peers in the same sector. It is research context, not an investment recommendation.
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Peer reference
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Fund exposure
Top dividend ETFs holding CAT
Among the dividend ETFs featured on this site, these reported the largest portfolio weight in this stock (Yahoo Finance top holdings; figures may lag or change).
Funds shown
2
Strategy types
2
Highest shown
4.95%
| ETF & fund profile | Portfolio weight |
|---|---|
| DIVOAmplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income Covered call~25 holdings | 4.95% |
| VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield High yield~550 holdings | 1.50% |
Shows the highest observed weights among dividend ETFs tracked on this site. Strategy labels and holdings counts are fund-level context; weights can change between snapshots.