Previous close | 300.65 |
Open | 297.79 |
Bid | 301.13 x 1100 |
Ask | 301.28 x 800 |
Day's range | 294.29 - 303.06 |
52-week range | 294.29 - 446.76 |
Volume | |
Avg. volume | 1,848,359 |
Market cap | 92.626B |
Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.03 |
PE ratio (TTM) | 15.82 |
EPS (TTM) | 19.16 |
Earnings date | 19 Aug 2022 |
Forward dividend & yield | 4.52 (1.46%) |
Ex-dividend date | 29 Jun 2022 |
1y target est | 407.55 |
There's still time to get in on lifts from both a top name in the industrials sector and a prominent REIT.
Caterpillar (CAT) hikes its quarterly dividend payout to $1.20 and maintains its presence in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat Index.
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