CAT — CATERPILLAR INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on CAT
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-28 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-28 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-02 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-03 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-03 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | Marks Judith Fran Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | KEENE NAZZIC S Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | Johnson Gerald Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | Fish James C Jr Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | REED DEBRA L Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | SCHWAB SUSAN C Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | WILKINS RAYFORD JR Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-10 | MacLennan David Director | Grant or award | 211 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-05-14 | Johnson Denise C Group President | Option exercise | 16.1K | 196.70 | 3.2M |
| 2026-05-14 | Johnson Denise C Group President | Shares withheld for tax | 3.5K | 910.55 | 3.2M |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 26.3B | 37.2M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 24.7B | 34.9M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 21.4B | 30.2M |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO | 10.3B | 14.6M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 8.3B | 11.7M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 7.9B | 11.1M |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 6.9B | 9.8M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 5.3B | 7.5M |
| GATES FOUNDATION TRUST | 4.5B | 6.4M |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 4.0B | 5.7M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-01 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 10-Q | 2026-08-05 | 2026-06-30 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-04 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-24 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-24 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-24 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-07-01 | 2026-06-30 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-06-29 | 2026-06-26 | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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