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CATERPILLAR INC

(CAT)

CIK 18230 · SEC filings only

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19 dividend record entries

Dividend record — shown as history, not graded

A declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise we grade. Here's the record — raises, holds, and cuts — each linked to its source filing.

Dividend record

19 declarations · 18 raised · 0 held · 0 cut · 18-quarter raise streak

  1. RAISED$3.1400/shperiod ended 2026-06-30Filing ↗
  2. RAISED$2.9200/shperiod ended 2025-06-30Filing ↗
  3. RAISED$2.7100/shperiod ended 2024-06-30Filing ↗
  4. RAISED$2.5000/shperiod ended 2023-06-30Filing ↗
  5. RAISED$2.3100/shperiod ended 2022-06-30Filing ↗
  6. RAISED$2.1400/shperiod ended 2021-06-30Filing ↗
  7. RAISED$2.0600/shperiod ended 2020-06-30Filing ↗
  8. RAISED$1.8900/shperiod ended 2019-06-30Filing ↗
  9. RAISED$1.6400/shperiod ended 2018-06-30Filing ↗
  10. RAISED$1.5500/shperiod ended 2017-06-30Filing ↗
  11. RAISED$1.5400/shperiod ended 2016-06-30Filing ↗
  12. RAISED$1.4700/shperiod ended 2015-06-30Filing ↗
Descriptive dividend record — every entry links to its source filing. Not graded (a declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise). Full methodology →
Not yet gradedBuyback record
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3 resolved promises

Sector median (Technology): A+ across 6 graded companies

Not enough resolved promises to grade

3 of the 4 resolved buyback promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.

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Open promises (1)

Open · buyback authorization

the Board of Directors has approved a new $10 billion stock repurchase program

unresolved — no outcome on file$10.0000receipt (opens in a new tab)

Credibility timeline

KEPT · Jul 31, 2015MISSED · Nov 2, 2016MISSED · Oct 31, 2018
20152018
Timeline as a list
  • Jul 31, 2015KEPTIt is our intention to repurchase about $1 billion of stock under the existing Board authorization.
  • Nov 2, 2016MISSEDThis repurchase is part of the $10 billion stock repurchase authorization previously approved by the Board of Directors in the first quarter of 2014.
  • Oct 31, 2018MISSEDCaterpillar is announcing its intention to repurchase approximately $1.5 billion of Caterpillar common stock during the third quarter of 2015
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6 resolved promises

Sector median (Technology): A+ across 41 graded companies

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Guidance by basis

7 of 13 guidance figures that were graded or dropped for basis could not be graded on the same basis (54%). Guidance marked “not judged” is in neither number.

Guidance typeSaidGradedDroppedOther
Revenue · basis not stated13607
EPS · non-GAAPcannot be graded3021
EPS · basis not statedcannot be graded9054

Said counts every revenue and EPS guidance figure on record. Dropped counts figures whose period was reported but which have no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL. Other covers open, superseded, withdrawn and otherwise unresolved figures. The coverage note below counts every figure shown but not graded, including figures whose period has not been reported, so it can be larger.

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Guidance shown, not graded (12)

We show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it. The line under each statement says why.

  1. eps guidance fy · Jan 31, 2020
    The company expects 2020 profit to be in a range of $8.50 to $10.00 per share.
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  2. eps guidance fy · Jan 28, 2016
    The profit outlook for 2016 is $3.50 per share at the mid-point of the sales and revenues range
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  3. eps guidance fy · Jul 23, 2015
    We continue to expect that 2015 profit per share will be $4.70
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  4. eps guidance fy · Jul 23, 2015
    or $5.00 per share excluding restructuring costs
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  5. eps guidance fy · Jan 27, 2015
    Our profit outlook for 2015 is about $4.60 per share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  6. eps guidance fy · Jan 27, 2015
    or $4.75 per share excluding restructuring costs
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  7. eps guidance fy · Jan 27, 2014
    our profit outlook for 2014 is $5.30 per share.
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  8. eps guidance fy · Oct 23, 2013
    profit per share of about $5.50
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  9. eps guidance fy · Apr 22, 2013
    Profit is expected to be about $7.00 per share at the middle of the sales and revenues outlook range.
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  10. eps guidance fy · Oct 22, 2012
    profit in a range of $9.00 to $9.25 per share
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  11. eps guidance fy · Apr 25, 2012
    The outlook for profit per share is now expected to be about $9.50
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
  12. eps guidance fy · Oct 24, 2011
    we now expect 2011 profit of about $6.75 per share.
    Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗

Open promises (0) · 7 superseded

Superseded · revenue guidance fy

maintaining the sales and revenues outlook in the range of $68 to $72 billion

revised by a later guidancereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

We expect sales and revenues in 2014 to be similar to 2013 — about $56 billion in a range of plus or minus 5 percent.

revised by a later guidance$56.0000receipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

We expect sales and revenues to improve 10 to 20 percent from the 2011 outlook of about $58 billion.

revised by a later guidancereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

preliminary outlook for 2013 is for sales and revenues to be about the same as 2012 in a range of up 5 percent to down 5 percent

revised by a later guidancereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

holding its outlook for 2014 sales and revenues flat with 2013 in a plus or minus 5 percent range

revised by a later guidance$5.0000receipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

We expect 2013 sales and revenues to be in a range of $57 to $61 billion.

revised by a later guidancereceipt (opens in a new tab)
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

We expect sales and revenues in 2015 to be about $50 billion.

revised by a later guidance$50.0000receipt (opens in a new tab)

Credibility timeline

ABOVE · Feb 21, 2012IN LINE · Feb 19, 2013ABOVE · Feb 18, 2014IN LINE · Feb 17, 2015BELOW · Feb 16, 2016BELOW · Feb 15, 2017WITHDRAWN · Apr 28, 2020WITHDRAWN · Jul 31, 2020
20122020
Timeline as a list
  • Feb 21, 2012ABOVETotal company sales and revenues are expected to be about $58 billion in 2011.
  • Feb 19, 2013IN LINEWe now expect 2012 sales and revenues to be about $66 billion
  • Feb 18, 2014ABOVEnow expects sales and revenues to be about $55 billion
  • Feb 17, 2015IN LINEThe updated outlook for 2014 sales and revenues is a range of $54 to $56 billion.
  • Feb 16, 2016BELOWThe outlook for 2015 sales and revenues is about $49 billion
  • Feb 15, 2017BELOWSales and revenues are expected to be in a range of $40 to $44 billion
  • Apr 28, 2020WITHDRAWNCaterpillar withdrew its earnings guidance on March 26
  • Jul 31, 2020WITHDRAWNCaterpillar withdrew its earnings guidance on March 26
6 resolved guidance promises · 12 not graded (no comparable reported figure) · resolver resolver-v5 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →