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CATERPILLAR INC CAT

NYSE · stock · Construction Machinery & Equip · website · IPO 1929-12-02 · LEI

CATERPILLAR INC dividends

Paid from FCF30.8%
Safetyn/a
Per share (TTM)$11.27
Years paying (in our data)10 · rising

Dividends by year

Per share ($)
$3.07 $3.06 $3.25 $3.76 $4.09 $4.25 $4.60 $4.99 $5.41 $5.82 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Dividend yield (%)
3.21% 1.88% 2.44% 2.86% 2.24% 2.11% 1.82% 1.66% 1.46% 0.89% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Yield by year = that fiscal year's dividend per share over the share price around year-end — approximate, not the yield on today's price.

By fiscal year

FY2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Total dividends paid$2.7B$2.6B$2.6B$2.4B$2.3B$2.2B$2.1B$2.0B$1.8B$1.8B
Per share$5.82$5.41$4.99$4.60$4.25$4.09$3.76$3.25$3.06$3.07
Yield then (approx)0.89%1.46%1.66%1.82%2.11%2.24%2.86%2.44%1.88%3.21%

Annual dividend per share = total paid ÷ shares. “Yield then” is the per-share dividend over the share price at that fiscal year-end — approximate.

Per-share dividends by quarter · as declared

Period endDividend / shareYield then (approx)
2026-06-30$3.141.54%
2025-06-30$2.922.67%
2024-06-30$2.713.13%
2023-06-30$2.53.77%
2022-06-30$2.314.66%
2021-06-30$2.144.14%
2020-06-30$2.066.20%
2019-06-30$1.895.74%
2018-06-30$1.644.56%
2017-06-30$1.555.44%
2016-06-30$1.547.44%
2015-06-30$1.477.48%

Per-share amounts are declared dividends tagged to each fiscal quarter (exact ex-/pay-dates aren't in the filings). “Yield then” annualises that quarter's dividend over the month-end share price at the time — approximate.

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.