Caterpillar

CAT

Market cap $346B

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat ETF (NOBL) is up 9.39% YTD in 2026, decisively outperforming SPY's 1.08%. Dividend Aristocrats are regaining momentum after a weak 2025, with 55 outpacing SPY and 39 posting double-digit gains this year already. Dividend growth is lagging, with 2026's average increase currently at 3.22%, below last year's trend and potentially signaling headwinds.

Caterpillar (CAT) stock is currently at a noteworthy juncture. It exhibits strong momentum, and investing in it means backing a company with excellent margins, solid cash flow, a low-debt capital structure, and favorable market conditions.

Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) experienced a significant Power Inflow alert, a key bullish indicator that is closely tracked by traders who value order flow analytics, specifically institutional and retail order flow data.

"It's hard to recall when one company was driving [market] sentiment," says Marc Dizard when discussing Nvidia (NVDA). After the company's blockbuster earnings, he considers the Mag 7 giant a long-term buy.

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Deere (NYSE: DE) both reported recent quarters that tell strikingly different stories.

As macro headwinds and a software sell-off raise challenges against Wall Street, Aquiles Larrea, Jr. sees investors setting the stage for a rebound. With today's Big 3, Aquiles sees opportunity in Microsoft's (MSFT) pullback, Caterpillar's (CAT) long-term ties to the AI picture, and Rivian's (RIVN) potential to capitalize on an expanding EV industry.

SUBOTICA, Serbia & LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ElevenEs has completed the first closing of its Series B investment round, backed by Caterpillar Venture Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) - the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Additionally, an affiliate of BST (HK) Ltd., a leading Hong Kong-based commodity trading house, part.

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Caterpillar posts Q4 EPS growth after five quarters of declines, but tariffs and rising costs squeeze margins as 2026 profitability faces pressure.

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