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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

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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 →
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3 resolved promises

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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 →

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

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Guidance shown, not graded (12)

These are non-GAAP forecasts. There is no comparable GAAP figure in SEC XBRL to check them against, so we show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it.

  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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Superseded · revenue guidance fy

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

revised by a later guidance$50.0000receipt →

Credibility timeline

BEAT · Feb 21, 2012KEPT · Feb 19, 2013BEAT · Feb 18, 2014KEPT · Feb 17, 2015MISSED · Feb 16, 2016MISSED · Feb 15, 2017WITHDRAWN · Apr 28, 2020WITHDRAWN · Jul 31, 2020
20122020
Timeline as a list
  • Feb 21, 2012BEATTotal company sales and revenues are expected to be about $58 billion in 2011.
  • Feb 19, 2013KEPTWe now expect 2012 sales and revenues to be about $66 billion
  • Feb 18, 2014BEATnow expects sales and revenues to be about $55 billion
  • Feb 17, 2015KEPTThe updated outlook for 2014 sales and revenues is a range of $54 to $56 billion.
  • Feb 16, 2016MISSEDThe outlook for 2015 sales and revenues is about $49 billion
  • Feb 15, 2017MISSEDSales 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 · 12dropped (couldn't be resolved on a consistent basis) · resolver resolver-v3 · score score-v1. Every verdict links to its source filing. Full methodology →