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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Common Stock (NYSE: CAT)
Listing Information: Caterpillar common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.
Number of Shareholders: Shareholders of record at the end of 2024 totaled 20,191, compared with 21,217 at the end of 2023.
Performance Graph: Total Cumulative Shareholder Return for Five-Year Period Ending December 31, 2024
The graph below shows the cumulative shareholder return assuming an investment of $100 on December 31, 2019, and reinvestment of dividends issued thereafter.
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Caterpillar Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 126.97 | $ | 147.22 | $ | 174.60 | $ | 219.91 | $ | 274.14 | ||||||||
| S&P 500 | $ | 100.00 | $ | 118.40 | $ | 152.39 | $ | 124.79 | $ | 157.59 | $ | 197.02 | ||||||||
| S&P 500 Machinery | $ | 100.00 | $ | 123.42 | $ | 148.30 | $ | 150.38 | $ | 180.74 | $ | 210.36 | ||||||||
| S&P 500 Capital Goods | $ | 100.00 | $ | 106.78 | $ | 127.01 | $ | 126.73 | $ | 151.22 | $ | 185.50 |
Non-U.S. Employee Stock Purchase Plans
As of December 31, 2024, we had 38 employee stock purchase plans (the “EIP Plans”) administered outside the United States for our non-U.S. employees, which had approximately 16,000 active participants in the aggregate. During the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 57,000 shares of Caterpillar common stock were purchased by the EIP Plans pursuant to the terms of such plans.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased **under the Program (in billions)**1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 1-31, 2024 | 4,152,554 | $ | 344.55 | 4,152,554 | 2 | $ | 20.538 | |||||||||||||||||||
| November 1-30, 2024 | 510,721 | $ | 391.52 | 510,721 | $ | 20.338 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| December 1-31, 2024 | 549,782 | $ | 381.95 | 549,782 | $ | 20.128 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 5,213,057 | $ | 353.10 | 5,213,057 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 In May 2022, the Board approved a share repurchase authorization (the 2022 Authorization) of up to $15.0 billion of Caterpillar common stock effective August 1, 2022, with no expiration. In June 2024, the Board approved an additional share repurchase authorization (the 2024 Authorization) of up to $20.0 billion of Caterpillar common stock, effective June 12, 2024, with no expiration. As of December 31, 2024, approximately $20.1 billion remained available under the 2024 and 2022 Authorizations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes shares acquired pursuant to the accelerated share repurchase agreements entered into during the first and second quarters of 2024, each of which settled in October 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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