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Caterpillar Inc. insider trading

Caterpillar Inc. files with the SEC as a Construction Machinery & Equip company headquartered in Irving, TX. Every time one of its executives or directors buys or sells the stock, the filing appears here the moment it reaches the SEC — with grants and option exercises set apart from the trades that cost the insider their own money.

From SEC filings

Recent CAT insider transactions

2 insiders traded CAT on the open market between May 13, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026 — 24 sales worth $43.3M.

Bought
—
Sold
$43.3M

none on a 10b5-1 plan

Net
−$43.3M
Insiders
2

Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from Caterpillar Inc.'s own SEC Form 4 filings. Grants and option exercises are excluded — they are compensation, not decisions. Share counts are derived from the reported value and price. Verify any figure against the original filing before acting on it; this is monitoring, not advice.

Filing history last read from EDGAR on Sep 22, 2026. The live dashboard shows new filings the moment they clear.

Every CAT Form 4 on SEC.gov

SEC Form 4 data, Q3 2024 to Q2 2026

CAT insider trading by quarter

Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 14 insiders traded CAT on the open market: 7 purchases worth $652.3K and 100 sales worth $267.1M, 42 of the sales pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan. In the last four quarters alone: 2 purchases ($389.9K) and 82 sales ($243.8M), by 11 insiders.

QuarterBoughtSold
Q2 2026+$219.2K1 buy−$87.6M21 sales
Q1 2026—−$99.5M26 sales · 6 on a plan
Q4 2025+$170.7K1 buy−$39.8M31 sales · 28 on a plan
Q3 2025—−$16.9M4 sales · 2 on a plan
Q2 2025+$152.1K2 buys—
Q1 2025+$36.6K1 buy−$4.7M2 sales · 1 on a plan
Q4 2024+$39.9K1 buy−$16M13 sales · 4 on a plan
Q3 2024+$33.9K1 buy−$2.7M3 sales · 1 on a plan
Largest purchase
+$219.2K of CAT by MacLennan David (Director) on May 04, 2026.
Largest sale
−$16.3M of CAT by De Lange Bob (Group President) on Feb 06, 2026.

Open-market transactions through Jun 30, 2026most recent first

  • Schaupp William E

    Chief Accounting Officer

    −$326.2K

    May 13, 2026

    360 sh · $906.00

  • Fassino Anthony D.

    Group President

    −$14.2M

    May 11, 2026

    15,440 sh · $916.75

  • Fassino Anthony D.

    Group President

    −$773.6K

    May 11, 2026

    843 sh · $917.73

  • Bonfield Andrew R J

    CFO Emeritus

    −$14.4M

    May 06, 2026

    15,674 sh · $918.71

  • De Lange Bob

    Group President

    −$13.3M

    May 06, 2026

    14,470 sh · $922.55

  • De Lange Bob

    Group President

    −$9M

    May 06, 2026

    9,752 sh · $923.47

  • Fassino Anthony D.

    Group President

    −$8.2M

    May 06, 2026

    8,802 sh · $926.23

  • Fassino Anthony D.

    Group President

    −$324.4K

    May 06, 2026

    350 sh · $926.83

  • Shurman Rodney Michael

    Group President

    −$4.7M

    May 05, 2026

    5,152 sh · $903.14

  • Shurman Rodney Michael

    Group President

    −$440K

    May 05, 2026

    487 sh · $903.55

  • Kaiser Jason

    Group President

    −$5M

    May 04, 2026

    5,642 sh · $883.03

  • MacLennan David

    Director

    +$219.2K

    May 04, 2026

    250 sh · $876.84

  • Creed Joseph E10b5-1

    Chief Executive Officer

    −$574.8K

    Mar 05, 2026

    800 sh · $718.44

  • Creed Joseph E10b5-1

    Chief Executive Officer

    −$420.8K

    Mar 05, 2026

    585 sh · $719.39

  • Creed Joseph E10b5-1

    Chief Executive Officer

    −$414.1K

    Mar 05, 2026

    575 sh · $720.10

From SEC's quarterly Form 3, 4 and 5 data sets: code P purchases and code S sales of common stock, by the date the trade happened. Where a fund and the people who control it each report the same block, it is counted once. Trades made in the last days of Q2 2026 but filed after it closed arrive with SEC's next quarterly release.

Caterpillar Inc. company record

SEC industry classification
Construction Machinery & Equip
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Incorporated in
DE
Listed on
NYSE
SEC Central Index Key
0000018230

Sourced from this company's own SEC submissions record. The industry label is SEC's Standard Industrial Classification, which is more specific than the Industrials sector shown above.

A CAT executive left their trading plan

Most executive selling runs on a Rule 10b5-1 plan — dates fixed months ahead, no discretion on the day. These sales did not. The first hand-timed sale from someone whose whole stated record was scheduled is the clearest signal this dataset carries about a seller.

Read from each filer's own Form 4 history on EDGAR. A plan break is a fact about how a sale was timed, not a prediction about the share price.

After insiders bought CAT

What the stock actually did in the 90 days following each open-market purchase

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How to read CAT insider activity

Open-market purchase (code P)
An insider spending their own money at market price. This is the only buy code that reliably carries signal — it is a decision, not compensation.
Grants and option exercises (codes A, M)
Scheduled compensation. Most "insider buying" headlines are really this, which is why InsiderPulse weights it at a fraction of a real purchase.
Cluster buy
Two or more different insiders buying on the open market in the same window. One executive buying can mean anything; three is much harder to explain away.

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Questions

Are CAT insiders buying or selling?
Between May 13, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, 2 Caterpillar Inc. insiders made no open-market purchases and 24 sales worth $43.3M, a net sale of $43.3M.
How much CAT stock have insiders bought and sold in the last two years?
Between Jul 01, 2024 and Jun 30, 2026, 14 Caterpillar Inc. insiders made 7 open-market purchases worth $652.3K and 100 sales worth $267.1M. 42 of the sales were pre-scheduled under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. In the four quarters to Jun 30, 2026: 2 purchases ($389.9K) and 82 sales ($243.8M). The largest purchase was MacLennan David buying $219.2K on May 04, 2026. The largest sale was De Lange Bob selling $16.3M on Feb 06, 2026.
What was the largest recent CAT insider trade?
Creed Joseph E (Chief Executive Officer) sold $5M of CAT stock on Aug 28, 2026 at about $807.41 a share.
When did an insider last buy CAT shares?
No open-market purchase by a Caterpillar Inc. insider appears in the filings from May 13, 2026 to Aug 28, 2026 — every recorded open-market transaction in that period was a sale. Before that, the most recent purchase in SEC's data was MacLennan David buying $219.2K on May 04, 2026.
Where does CAT insider trading data come from?
From the Form 4 filings Caterpillar Inc.'s officers, directors and 10% owners must send the SEC within two business days of a trade. Each row on this page links to its original filing on SEC EDGAR. Share grants and option exercises are kept apart from open-market purchases and sales, because only the latter cost the insider their own money.

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