Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American Fortune 100 corporation which designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells machinery, engines, financial products, and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. It is the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturer.

In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked #65 on the Fortune 500 list and #238 on the Global Fortune 500 list. Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Caterpillar Inc. traces its origins to the 1925 merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company, creating a new entity, the California-based Caterpillar Tractor Company.

In 1986, the company reorganized itself as a Delaware corporation under the current name, Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar’s headquarters are located in Deerfield, Illinois; it announced in January 2017 that over the course of that year it would relocate its headquarters from Peoria, Illinois, to Deerfield, Illinois, scrapping plans from 2015 of building an $800 million new headquarters complex in downtown Peoria.

The company also licenses and markets a line of clothing and workwear boots under its Cat / Caterpillar name. Caterpillar machinery is recognizable by its trademark “Caterpillar Yellow” livery and the “CAT” logo.

Traded as:           NYSE: CAT; DJIA component; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component

Industry:              Heavy equipment; Engines; Financial services

Predecessor:     C. L. Best Holt Manufacturing Company

Founded:            April 15, 1925; 95 years ago

Founder:             C.L. Best

Headquarters:   Deerfield, Illinois, U.S.

Subsidiaries:      

• Caterpillar Financial Services
• Caterpillar Insurance Holdings
• Caterpillar Logistics Services
• Caterpillar Marine Power Systems
• FG Wilson
• Perkins Engines
• Progress Rail Services
• Solar Turbines

Website:              www.caterpillar.com