CAT breaks a six-quarter slide with a $237M Q2 volume rebound, powered by Energy & Transportation momentum.
Caterpillar NYSE: CAT faces headwinds like any multinational business today, but its Q2 results highlight why its stock price can, and will, crawl higher over time. While macroeconomic headwinds, including lower realized prices, cut into revenue and earnings, the business is on the cusp of returning to growth, and its capital return is safe.
Caterpillar has demonstrated consistent growth and resilience since my first analysis in 2019. CAT became a Dividend Aristocrat in late 2019 - a company that has increased its annual dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. Dividend Growth has been solid for this Dividend Aristocrat, but dividend yield is stuck in very low single digits.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT ) Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call August 5, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Alex Kapper - Vice President of Investor Relations Andrew R. J. Bonfield - Chief Financial Officer Joseph E.
Caterpillar's Q2 earnings miss estimates as tariff costs and weaker pricing pressured margins.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Caterpillar (CAT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT, ETR:CAT1) shares edged lower as the construction and mining equipment manufacturer said it expects tariff costs of up to $1.5 billion for 2025. The company's CFO Andrew Bonfield told investors on its Q2 earnings call on Tuesday that Caterpillar expects a tariff impact of $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion this year.
Caterpillar (CAT) came out with quarterly earnings of $4.72 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.88 per share. This compares to earnings of $5.99 per share a year ago.
Caterpillar reported adjusted earnings per share of $4.72 a share on revenue of $16.6 billion.
Shares of Caterpillar Inc. CAT+1.17% took a 3.2% hit in premarket trading Tuesday, after the construction- and mining-equipment company missed second-quarter profit expectations, to offset a sales beat and raised growth outlook.
Key Points in This Article: The ISM Manufacturing PMI dropped for the fifth straight month in July, marking an extended period of contraction.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is set to announce its earnings on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, prior to the market opening. Analyzing Caterpillar's stock performance over the last five years after earnings announcements shows a significant pattern of negative responses.