Caterpillar dividend yield CAT

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1982.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 0.90%
10-year median: 2.1%
Against its 10-year history: 7th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.6% to 4.1%
Peer median: 1.0%

Caterpillar pays 0.90% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 2.1%, lower than on 93% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.6% in Jun 2026 to 4.1% in Mar 2020.

The median for 10 industrial stocks of a similar size is 1.0%.

Dividend yield over time

median 2.1%

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	0.9%	0.6%	1.0%
2025	1.0%	1.0%	1.9%
2024	1.5%	1.3%	1.8%
2023	1.7%	1.7%	2.3%
2022	1.9%	1.9%	2.8%
2021	2.1%	1.7%	2.3%
2020	2.3%	2.3%	4.1%
2019	2.5%	2.4%	3.2%
2018	2.6%	1.8%	2.9%
2017	2.0%	2.0%	3.3%
2016	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
2015	4.3%	2.8%	4.5%
2014	2.8%	2.2%	2.9%
2013	2.5%	2.0%	2.7%
2012	2.3%	1.6%	2.4%
2011	2.0%	1.5%	2.4%
2010	1.8%	1.8%	3.2%
2009	2.9%	2.9%	7.0%
2008	3.7%	1.7%	4.7%
2007	1.8%	1.4%	1.9%

Companies in Industrials nearest Caterpillar's size, closest first, today.