CAT Ex-Dividend Date

As of Oct 18, 2026, the next CAT ex-dividend date on record is Oct 19, 2026, with a pay date of Nov 19, 2026. To receive the dividend you must own CAT shares before this date.

The ex-dividend date is the cut-off for owning a stock in time to receive its next dividend. If you buy CAT on or after the ex-dividend date, the seller — not you — receives the upcoming payment. Buy before it and you're entitled to the dividend.

You must own CAT before the ex-dividend date — i.e. buy at least one trading day earlier. Since the move to T+1 settlement, the record date and ex-dividend date now fall on the same day, so the ex-date is the deadline that matters.

As of Oct 18, 2026, CAT's most recent dividend was $1.6300 per share, paid on a quarterly basis — about $6.52 per share annually, a forward yield of roughly 0.89%.