Caterpillar Shares Outstanding History (CAT)

Caterpillar reported 465.3M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.

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Caterpillar annual shares outstanding history

Caterpillar annual shares outstanding

Fiscal yearPeriod endedShares outstandingChangeGrowth
20252025-12-31465.3M−12.6M−2.64%
20242024-12-31477.9M−21.5M−4.31%
20232023-12-31499.4M−16.9M−3.27%
20222022-12-31516.3M−19.6M−3.66%
20212021-12-31535.9M−9.4M−1.72%
20202020-12-31545.3M−4.8M−0.87%
20192019-12-31550.1M−25.4M−4.41%
20182018-12-31575.5M−22.1M−3.70%
20172017-12-31597.6M11.1M+1.89%
20162016-12-31586.5M4.2M+0.72%
20152015-12-31582.3M−23.9M−3.94%
20142014-12-31606.2M−31.6M−4.95%
20132013-12-31637.8M−17.2M−2.63%
20122012-12-31655.0M7.5M+1.16%
20112011-12-31647.5M8.7M+1.36%
20102010-12-31638.8M14.1M+2.26%
20092009-12-31624.7M23.2M+3.86%
20082008-12-31601.5M

Caterpillar shares outstanding trends

Over the last five reported fiscal years, Caterpillar's shares outstanding moved from 545.3M to 465.3M, a change of −80.0M. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 459.7M.

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What shares outstanding means

Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.

Calculation and source

SEC-reported period-end shares

TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when SEC-reported stock-split conversion ratios are available. Values remain as reported when no split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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