CAT Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

CAT insider buying and selling over the past year

Over the past year CATERPILLAR INC insiders filed 20 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $170.7K and 19 sales worth $130.57M — which makes them net sellers by $130.40M.

Only 5 of the 19 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, so most selling was discretionary rather than pre-scheduled. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (12 trades) and 2025-11 (5 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-05. The average open-market sale price was $670.01; the last close of $730.76 is 9.1% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 39,138 shares worth $26.66M on 2026-02-02. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved +3.5%, from $706.08. Insiders paid an average of $568.86 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $730.76 that cost basis is sitting on a gain at +28.5%.

Where CAT trades relative to its one-year range

CATERPILLAR INC closed at $730.76 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $513.91 to $1,064.90. That puts the stock in the middle of its range, at 39.4% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +35.1%, and over roughly three months -17.0%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 2,613,750 shares.

Across 75 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 35) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +17.7%. CAT is ahead of that median and beat 61% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded CAT

STOCK Act disclosures show 32 trades in CAT by 14 members of Congress over five years (21 purchases, 11 sales), most recently on 2026-09-28. The most active traders were Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), 8 trades; Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), 4 trades; Bruce Westerman (R-AR), 3 trades; Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), 3 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 25 by Republicans, 7 by Democrats; by chamber, 30 from the House, 2 from the Senate.

CATERPILLAR INC federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 1 prime award actions to CATERPILLAR INC, worth $79.2K across 1 agencies. Department of the Interior accounts for 100.0% of that value ($79.2K), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

CAT lobbying disclosures

CATERPILLAR INC appears in 5 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2018, with $1.30M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare CAT with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to CAT:

• JCI one-year return +33.0%
• AAPL one-year return +38.8%
• DE one-year return +40.4%
• ANET one-year return +21.2%
• DOV one-year return +17.9%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-05
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-28
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-10-09
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

CAT data questions

Are CAT insiders buying or selling stock?

Over the past year CATERPILLAR INC insiders filed 20 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $170.7K and 19 sales worth $130.57M — which makes them net sellers by $130.40M.

What is the one-year price range for CAT?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, CAT traded between $513.91 and $1,064.90, last closing at $730.76.

Has any member of Congress traded CAT stock?

Yes. 14 members disclosed 32 trades in CAT over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-28.