All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CAT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CAT returned +134.48% over the past year and +62.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CAT is up +6,585.56% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.50%/yr, and is currently −9.54% below its real total-return high on Jun. 30, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT × |
+62.75%
2026-07-02 |
+134.48%
2026-07-02 |
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| Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT × |
+6,585.56%
+9.50%/yr |
+8.74%/yr
(R2=0.912) |
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| Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$668,556.09
2026-07-02 |
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| Caterpillar Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CAT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +62.75% |
| 2025 | +56.15% |
| 2024 | +21.17% |
| 2023 | +21.87% |
| 2022 | +11.40% |
| 2021 | +8.33% |
| 2020 | +25.26% |
| 2019 | +16.84% |
| 2018 | −19.10% |
| 2017 | +71.41% |
| 2016 | +39.22% |
| 2015 | −23.53% |
| 2014 | +2.70% |
| 2013 | +1.89% |
| 2012 | −0.14% |
| 2011 | −4.29% |
| 2010 | +66.05% |
| 2009 | +29.69% |
| 2008 | −36.86% |
| 2007 | +15.75% |
| 2006 | +5.21% |
| 2005 | +15.62% |
| 2004 | +13.75% |
| 2003 | +78.23% |
| 2002 | −14.53% |
| 2001 | +8.75% |
| 2000 | −2.77% |
| 1999 | −0.36% |
| 1998 | −6.66% |
| 1997 | +26.75% |
| 1996 | +23.98% |
| 1995 | +3.94% |
| 1994 | +20.76% |
| 1993 | +61.71% |
| 1992 | +18.96% |
| 1991 | −9.13% |
| 1990 | −23.25% |
| 1989 | −12.86% |
| 1988 | −1.57% |
| 1987 | +47.96% |
| 1986 | −5.50% |
| 1985 | +30.53% |
| 1984 | −36.68% |
| 1983 | +13.94% |
| 1982 | −29.89% |
| 1981 | −12.15% |
| 1980 | +13.76% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT × |
−9.54%
from 2026-06-30 peak |
−73.92%
2009-03-02 from 2007-07-19 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT × | +134.48% |
+182.18% +67.98%/yr |
+271.78% +54.92%/yr |
+291.13% +31.36%/yr |
+1,033.70% +27.48%/yr |
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