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CAT · Caterpillar, Inc.

Is CAT setting up for a breakout, what are traders on X and the news saying, are its insiders buying, and how is the business doing? Everything Raspberry Trades measures on Caterpillar, Inc., in one place.

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Is CAT setting up for a breakout?

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Not today. CAT is not on today's radar: no tight base just under a resistance that has been tested again and again.

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What are traders on X saying about CAT?

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Neutral
Overall
8
Bullish posts
12
Bearish posts
31
Posts read

Bulls: CAT is down 22% in three weeks, 10.7% below its 20-day average and 14.5% below its 200-day, with daily RSI near 11; Monday closed at 692, off the low, and a mean-reversion bounce toward 725–740 looks likely (view fails below 679.50). One trader exited at 707.31 for a +3% gain, another reports a position up almost 4% two sessions after an 10/23 flag, and a new long was initiated on support with a Buy analyst rating. Price action is finding support at key levels, with accumulation possibly driving a bounce off the zone.

Bears: CAT peaked near $1,060 in June and is in a severe downtrend of lower highs, now down -2.42% to $687.00 and breaking below critical $700 support, with the next major floor at $650. An Elliott wave count has Caterpillar completing a 5-wave advance from the April 2025 low and correcting toward a 640.56–458.44 Blue Box, with buyers told to wait for more downside below 640.56; a break of the target low sets up a push back to the $300s. CEO Joseph Creed sold $26.2M on Aug 28 at $814 ahead of Thursday's report, and $1,062,500 of $560 puts expiring Dec 17, 2027 were bought at $42.50 per contract. CAT is the worst position in two AI books at once — down 23% for ChatGPT and 17% for Grok, which hasn't traded since May 8.

Reading from Oct 28, 2026; each post classified by AI, weighted by engagement.

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Sep 29, 2026above the line = more bullish than bearishOct 28, 2026

What is the news saying about CAT?

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Are CAT insiders buying or selling?

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$0
Bought, last 3 months
$26.2M
Sold, last 3 months
$390K
Bought, 12 months
$244.4M
Sold, 12 months

Open-market trades only, from SEC Form 4 filings — option exercises, tax withholding and grants are left out.

  • Sold · Creed Joseph E$5.0M · Aug 28, 2026
  • Sold · Creed Joseph E$2.7M · Aug 28, 2026
  • Sold · Creed Joseph E$1.1M · Aug 28, 2026
  • Sold · Creed Joseph E$418K · Aug 28, 2026
  • Sold · Creed Joseph E$603K · Aug 28, 2026
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How is Caterpillar, Inc.'s business doing?

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Quarter endedRevenuevs year beforeNet incomeEPS
Jun 30, 2026$20.5B+24%$3.6B$7.77
Mar 31, 2026$17.4B+22%$2.5B$5.47
Sep 30, 2025$17.6B+10%$2.3B$4.88
Jun 30, 2025$16.6B-1%$2.2B$4.62

From the company's SEC filings (10-Q and 10-K).

What does Caterpillar, Inc. expect?

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  • quarterly · dividend per share · 8-K filed Jun 11, 2026

    “raise the quarterly dividend by 12 cents, an eight percent increase, to one dollar and sixty-three cents ($1.63) per share of common stock payable Aug. 19, 2026”

  • over time · mp&e free cash flow returned to shareholders · 8-K filed Jun 11, 2026

    “Caterpillar expects to continue to return substantially all Machinery, Power & Energy (MP&E) free cash flow to shareholders over time through dividends and share repurchases.”

  • quarterly · dividend per share · 8-K filed Jun 14, 2024

    “raise the quarterly dividend by eleven cents, an 8% increase, to one dollar and forty-one cents ($1.41) per share of common stock”

  • over time · me&t free cash flow returned to shareholders · 8-K filed Jun 14, 2024

    “Caterpillar expects to continue to return substantially all Machinery, Energy & Transportation (ME&T) free cash flow to shareholders over time through dividends and share repurchases.”

Quoted from the outlook the company filed with the SEC.

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