Overall Rating
Caterpillar (CAT)
Price*: $33.87 | Dividend: $1.44 | Dividend Yield: 4.25%
We downgraded this stock from the "Recommended" list on 7/15/08, at a price of 67.04.
Dividend Stock Ratings Breakdown
Stock is slightly underperforming.
Stock's dividend yield is below average.
This rating is directly related to the length and consistency of a company's dividend payouts.
Dividend payouts are consistent, but increases small.
Earnings estimates have been cut slightly.
Price and Dividend Info
Recent Headlines
- Caterpillar Q3 Profit Slips, Provides Cautious 2009 Guidance (CAT)
Tue, Oct 21, 2008 - Caterpillar's Results Get an Asian Boost (CAT)
Tue, Jul 22, 2008 - Dividend Stocks Removed From Our Recommended List (GEF, KIM, CR, REP, GM, KMB, WOR, V, CAT, BLL, BDK, NYB)
Tue, Jul 15, 2008 - Dividend Stocks-Daily Report (KALU, OSG, CHK, CAT, more)
Wed, Jun 11, 2008
Profile & Recommendation
Company Profile
Caterpillar- (CAT)-manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its machinery business includes the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of construction, mining, and forestry machinery, such as track and wheel tractors, track and wheel loaders, pipelayers, motor graders, wheel tractor-scrapers, track and wheel excavators, backhoe loaders, log skidders, log loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, paving products, skid steer loaders, and related parts. The company was founded in 1925 under the name Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar, Inc. in 1986. Caterpillar, Inc. is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois.
Recommendation
Based on our rating criteria, this stock has achieved a "Neutral" rating. Stocks with a neutral rating are considered mediocre investments in terms of expected price growth and dividend payments.
Stock Notes
This large cap stock is not an attractive dividend stock investment at this time.
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