Dividends

CATCaterpillar

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+7.2% today · +7.3% over a year

7/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 67% of the instruments we score

Quality: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 1.30%.

Caterpillar (CAT) dividends: trailing yield 1.30%, Dividend Safety 72/100, 5-year growth 8.0% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.30%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.09%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$7.79
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
72 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.30% → 1.07%
Forward
1.09% → 0.90%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.07%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+8.0%
Years without a lower dividend
0
Years without a cut of over 10 %
0
Payout ratio (earnings)
31%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
25%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 $3.10, 2018 $3.28, 2019 $3.78, 2020 $4.12, 2021 $4.28, 2022 $4.62, 2023 $5.00, 2024 $5.42, 2025 $7.352017: $3.102018: $3.282019: $3.782020: $4.122021: $4.282022: $4.622023: $5.002024: $5.422025: $7.35

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
26 Oct 2026—$1.63RegularSingle source2
20 Jul 202620 Aug 2026$1.63RegularVerified3
20 Apr 202619 May 2026$1.51RegularVerified3
20 Jan 202620 Feb 2026$1.51RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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