Caterpillar Inc’s recently made public that its Chief Financial Officer BONFIELD ANDREW R J unloaded Company’s shares for reported $5.75 million on Dec 31 ’25. In the deal valued at $575.06 per share,10,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, BONFIELD ANDREW R J now holds 45,460 shares worth roughly $28.63 million.
Then, BONFIELD ANDREW R J sold 10,000 shares, generating $5,714,448 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $571.44, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 55,460 shares.
Before that, Andrew R. J. Bonfield bought 20,000 shares. Caterpillar Inc shares valued at $11,515,200 were divested by the Officer at a price of $575.76 per share.
Wells Fargo initiated its Caterpillar Inc [CAT] rating to an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including HSBC Securities’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early November from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. RBC Capital Mkts began covering CAT with “Sector perform” recommendation on October 22, 2025. Erste Group revised its rating on October 03, 2025. It rated CAT as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of CAT
On Monday, Caterpillar Inc [NYSE:CAT] saw its stock jump 1.97% to $629.77. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 2.22%. Caterpillar Inc shares have risen nearly 74.42% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 9.93% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Caterpillar Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Caterpillar Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.86 million shares to a total of 5.61 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 6.47 million shares. There was a decline of -15.28%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
