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CAT Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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CATCaterpillar Inc.
Industrials / Agricultural - Machinery
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Relative Laggard
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- Value38
- Quality55
- Risk resilience42
- Sentiment81
CAT Dividend answer
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.88%, or $6.52 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.85%, from $6.28 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $1.63 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Oct 26, 2026. Payment date: Nov 19, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $1.63 per share.
CAT Dividend Snapshot
Yield, current payout, dividend changes, and cash coverage through the business cycle are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next CAT Dividend Date
When CAT next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next CAT dividend
CAT's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest CAT Dividend Dates
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CAT Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
CAT Annual Dividend History
CAT Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $1.63, event yield 85.94%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 7.23%
- Cohort rank
- #179
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Industrials rank
- #36
- 2020 regular DPS
- $4.120
- 2025 regular DPS
- $5.840
- Absolute change
- $1.720
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
CAT's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 7.23% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #179 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
CAT Dividend Yield
How CAT's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
CAT's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent CAT dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | $1.63 | $1.63 | 85.94% | Quarterly | $6.28 | Oct 14, 2026 | — | Nov 19, 2026 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $1.63 | $1.63 | 71.27% | Quarterly | $6.16 | Jun 10, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | $1.51 | $1.51 | 75.65% | Quarterly | $6.04 | Apr 8, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | May 19, 2026 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | $1.51 | $1.51 | 94.44% | Quarterly | $5.94 | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 20, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Oct 20, 2025 | $1.51 | $1.51 | 1.10% | Quarterly | $5.84 | Oct 6, 2025 | Oct 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 |
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| Jul 21, 2025 | $1.51 | $1.51 | 1.40% | Quarterly | $5.74 | Jun 11, 2025 | Jul 21, 2025 | Aug 20, 2025 |
| Apr 21, 2025 | $1.41 | $1.41 | 1.98% | Quarterly | $5.64 | Apr 9, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 | May 20, 2025 |
| Jan 21, 2025 | $1.41 | $1.41 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $5.53 | Dec 10, 2024 | Jan 21, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 |
| Oct 21, 2024 | $1.41 | $1.41 | 1.39% | Quarterly | $5.42 | Oct 9, 2024 | Oct 21, 2024 | Nov 20, 2024 |
| Jul 22, 2024 | $1.41 | $1.41 | 1.53% | Quarterly | $5.31 | Jun 12, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Apr 19, 2024 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 1.47% | Quarterly | $5.20 | Apr 10, 2024 | Apr 22, 2024 | May 20, 2024 |
| Jan 19, 2024 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 1.79% | Quarterly | $5.10 | Dec 13, 2023 | Jan 22, 2024 | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Oct 20, 2023 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 2.01% | Quarterly | $5.00 | Oct 11, 2023 | Oct 23, 2023 | Nov 20, 2023 |
| Jul 19, 2023 | $1.30 | $1.30 | 1.86% | Quarterly | $4.90 | Jun 14, 2023 | Jul 20, 2023 | Aug 18, 2023 |
| Apr 21, 2023 | $1.20 | $1.20 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $4.80 | Apr 12, 2023 | Apr 24, 2023 | May 19, 2023 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | $1.20 | $1.20 | 1.92% | Quarterly | $4.71 | Dec 14, 2022 | Jan 20, 2023 | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Oct 21, 2022 | $1.20 | $1.20 | 2.43% | Quarterly | $4.62 | Oct 12, 2022 | Oct 24, 2022 | Nov 18, 2022 |
| Jul 19, 2022 | $1.20 | $1.20 | 2.52% | Quarterly | $4.53 | Jun 8, 2022 | Jul 20, 2022 | Aug 19, 2022 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | $1.11 | $1.11 | 2.05% | Quarterly | $4.44 | Apr 13, 2022 | Apr 25, 2022 | May 20, 2022 |
| Jan 19, 2022 | $1.11 | $1.11 | 1.97% | Quarterly | $4.36 | Dec 8, 2021 | Jan 20, 2022 | Feb 18, 2022 |
| Oct 22, 2021 | $1.11 | $1.11 | 2.13% | Quarterly | $4.28 | Oct 13, 2021 | Oct 25, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Jul 19, 2021 | $1.11 | $1.11 | 2.07% | Quarterly | $4.20 | Jun 9, 2021 | Jul 20, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 |
| Apr 23, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 1.79% | Quarterly | $4.12 | Apr 14, 2021 | Apr 26, 2021 | May 20, 2021 |
| Jan 19, 2021 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.12% | Quarterly | $4.12 | Dec 9, 2020 | Jan 20, 2021 | Feb 19, 2021 |
| Oct 23, 2020 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.44% | Quarterly | $4.12 | Oct 14, 2020 | Oct 26, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 |
| Jul 17, 2020 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 3.01% | Quarterly | $4.12 | Jun 10, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 | Aug 20, 2020 |
| Apr 17, 2020 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 3.54% | Quarterly | $4.12 | Apr 8, 2020 | Apr 20, 2020 | May 20, 2020 |
| Jan 17, 2020 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.67% | Quarterly | $3.95 | Dec 11, 2019 | Jan 21, 2020 | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.89% | Quarterly | $3.78 | Oct 9, 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 | Nov 20, 2019 |
| Jul 19, 2019 | $1.03 | $1.03 | 2.65% | Quarterly | $3.61 | May 2, 2019 | Jul 22, 2019 | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Apr 18, 2019 | $0.86 | $0.86 | 2.40% | Quarterly | $3.44 | Apr 10, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 | May 20, 2019 |
| Jan 18, 2019 | $0.86 | $0.86 | 2.46% | Quarterly | $3.36 | Dec 12, 2018 | Jan 22, 2019 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | $0.86 | $0.86 | 2.50% | Quarterly | $3.28 | Oct 10, 2018 | Oct 22, 2018 | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Jul 19, 2018 | $0.86 | $0.86 | 2.30% | Quarterly | $3.20 | Jun 13, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Apr 20, 2018 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $3.12 | Apr 11, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 | May 19, 2018 |
| Jan 19, 2018 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 1.83% | Quarterly | $3.11 | Dec 13, 2017 | Jan 22, 2018 | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 2.36% | Quarterly | $3.10 | Oct 11, 2017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Jul 18, 2017 | $0.78 | $0.78 | 2.89% | Quarterly | — | Jun 14, 2017 | Jul 20, 2017 | Aug 19, 2017 |
| Apr 20, 2017 | $0.77 | $0.77 | 3.25% | Quarterly | — | Apr 12, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | May 20, 2017 |
| Jan 18, 2017 | $0.77 | $0.77 | 3.30% | Quarterly | — | Dec 14, 2016 | Jan 20, 2017 | Feb 18, 2017 |
| Oct 20, 2016 | $0.77 | $0.77 | 3.56% | Quarterly | — | Oct 12, 2016 | Oct 24, 2016 | Nov 19, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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CAT Dividends FAQ
Does CAT pay a dividend?
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $1.63 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is CAT's dividend yield?
CAT's trailing dividend yield is 0.85%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is CAT's next dividend?
CAT's next announced dividend is $1.63 per share with an ex-dividend date of Oct 26, 2026 and payment date of Nov 19, 2026.
When is CAT's ex-dividend date?
CAT's next announced ex-dividend date is Oct 26, 2026.
Is CAT's dividend covered by cash flow?
CAT's dividend coverage inputs include a payout ratio of 25.96% and FCF coverage of 3.11x. These are objective inputs, not a guarantee of future dividends.