Dividend Track Records (DTR)

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) lifted its quarterly dividend on June 10, 2026, increasing the payout by 7.9% to $1.63 per share .

On June 11, 2025, Dividend Aristocrat Caterpillar (CAT) announced that it will hike its quarterly dividend by 7.1% to $1.51 per share.

Caterpillar (CAT) on June 8, 2022, announced that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.1% to $1.20 quarterly. The heavy equipment maker has now raised its annual dividend for the 29th consecutive calendar year. The next CAT dividend is payable August 19, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2022. A new annualized rate of $4.80 per share yields 2.1% at a stock price of $224. "Our dividend increase reflects our strong balance sheet and liquidity position as well as confidence in continued strong free cash flow generation from Machinery, Energy & Transportation (ME&T)", said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Umpleby in the press release announcing this new dividend hike. Caterpillar Inc. is a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally operates through its three product segments - Construction Industries, Resource Ind...

Caterpillar (CAT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.8 percent to $1.11 per share in 2021. This follows a dividend hike of 19.8 percent to $1.03 per share announced in 2019. The heavy equipment maker has now raised its annual dividend for the 28th consecutive calendar year. The next dividend is payable August 20, 2021, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2021. A new annualized rate of $4.44 per share yields 2.0% at a stock price of $212. "Through the execution of our enterprise strategy for profitable growth, Caterpillar is generating higher free cash flow through the cycles," said Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby. "Our strong balance sheet and liquidity position make it possible for us to continue our long history of increasing our dividend and returning value to shareholders." Caterpillar has paid a cash dividend every year since the company was formed and has paid a quarterly dividend since 1933. The company has paid higher dividends to ...

Caterpillar (CAT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 19.8 percent to $1.03 per share in 2019. This follows a ten percent dividend hike by the equipment maker last year and marks the 26th consecutive year of dividend increases by the heavy machinery company. The next dividend is payable August 20, 2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 22, 2019. A new annualized rate of $4.12 per share yields 3.0% at a stock price of $138.85. In its press release Caterpillar states that it expects to increase the dividend in each of the following four years by at least a high single-digit percentage. With its remaining free cash flow, the company intends to repurchase shares on a more consistent basis, with the goal of at least offsetting dilution in market downturns. "Through the execution of our strategy, Caterpillar is now a stronger and more profitable company that can produce higher free cash flow through the cycles," added Umpleby. "We plan to retur...