---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-058891"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T11:09:42.374530+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar raises quarterly dividend 7% to $1.51 per share

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend raised to $1.51/share from $1.41, a 7% increase.
- Payable Aug 20, 2025, to shareholders of record July 21, 2025.
- Caterpillar has paid higher annual dividends for 31 consecutive years.
- Board expects to continue returning substantially all ME&T free cash flow via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-058891
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925058891/0001104659-25-058891-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925058891/tm2517853d1_8k.htm

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