CAT Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own CAT shares is 3434, representing 72.53% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CAT by -21.08% restricting it's holding to 884.54 thousand shares of worth nearly $322.67M. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN also lessened -0.5% of the CAT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.83 million shares of worth $669.66M. PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ also shunned CAT shares holding by -4.07% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.73 million shares worth $634.28M.

As per its latest 13F filing, NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB increased its stake in CAT by 5.07% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.07 million shares having worth more than $389.93M. MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. also added 12.5% more shares of CAT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 863.12 thousand shares of worth $316.27M. CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM also increased its CAT shares holding by 0.36% which brought its holding to 822.32 thousand shares worth $301.32M.

The insider with the most stakes in CAT is De Lange Bob , Group President at the company. Additionally, CAT stock is highly held by Group President Ainsworth William P and Chief Financial Officer BONFIELD ANDREW R J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.21% percent of Caterpillar Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 11 transaction(s) in which CAT insiders have sold stock, totaling 37.52K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BONFIELD ANDREW R J, FASSINO ANTHONY D., and SCHWAB SUSAN C.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Caterpillar Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 200 shares

Around 323.79K Caterpillar Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.21% of CAT stock.

CAT Group President, De Lange Bob holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CAT shares owned by De total nearly 71.11 thousand.

BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ is the largest institutional owner in CAT which holds 884.54 thousand shares worth $322.67M or 0.18% of the total CAT shares outstanding followed by WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN with ownership of 1.83 million shares representing 0.36% of the CAT ownership. PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ is the third largest stakeholder with 1.73 million shares or 0.35% of the ownership worth more than $634.28M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the CAT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of CAT shares short is 9.05M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 482.80M shares of CAT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, CAT has 481.35M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for CAT is 4.97.