CAT insider buying – Caterpillar Inc
24 insider purchases since 2016 worth $5.7M by 7 different insiders. Last 12 months: 3 purchases, $1.0M. Most recent filing: 2026-11-13.
Large company Public float $180.9B (latest 10-K, SEC).
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 8 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALHOUN DAVID L Director | $2.7M 2× · 30,000 sh | 2016-04-26 2018-05-14 | – | 49,815 shares as of 2023-06-15 | Holds - never sold |
| MacLennan David Director | $1.5M 11× · 4,525 sh | 2021-05-05 2026-11-12 | – | 8,420 shares as of 2026-06-11 | Holds - never sold |
| Fish James C Jr Director | $620,390 1× · 1,000 sh | 2026-11-02 2026-11-02 | – | – | Holds - never sold |
| Muilenburg Dennis A Director | $239,807 2× · 3,058 sh | 2016-05-09 2016-07-29 | – | 12,966 shares as of 2019-03-06 | Holds - never sold |
| De Lange Bob CEO | $224,146 2× · 2,080 sh | 2017-02-21 2018-10-26 | 17× · $122.6M last 2026-05-06 | 86,029 shares as of 2026-05-07 | Sold part |
| Johnson Denise C CEO | $217,700 1× · 3,500 sh | 2016-02-12 2016-02-12 | 12× · $100.8M last 2026-05-14 | 60,643 shares as of 2026-05-15 | Sold part |
| Johnson Gerald Director | $177,761 5× · 500 sh | 2024-05-20 2025-05-02 | – | 3,907 shares as of 2026-06-11 | Holds - never sold |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | $1.0M | 2 | 24 | $219.1M |
| 2025 | 4 | $359,325 | 2 | 12 | $55.6M |
| 2024 | 5 | $391,231 | 2 | 18 | $48.7M |
| 2023 | 1 | $99,716 | 1 | 10 | $32.9M |
| 2022 | 2 | $227,652 | 1 | 13 | $31.5M |
| 2021 | 2 | $203,001 | 1 | 8 | $42.5M |
| 2020 | 0 | – | – | 13 | $17.8M |
| 2019 | 0 | – | – | 5 | $13.6M |
| 2018 | 2 | $901,676 | 2 | 5 | $29.9M |
| 2017 | 1 | $99,320 | 1 | 11 | $41.7M |
| 2016 | 4 | $2.4M | 3 | 5 | $893,160 |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-13 | MacLennan David | Director | 350 | $596.10 | $208,635 | +4% | SEC |
| 2026-11-03 | Fish James C Jr | Director | 1,000 | $620.39 | $620,390 | +27% | SEC |
| 2026-05-05 | MacLennan David | Director | 250 | $876.84 | $219,210 | +3.1% | SEC |
| 2025-11-06 | MacLennan David | Director | 300 | $568.86 | $170,658 | +3.9% | SEC |
| 2025-05-08 | MacLennan David | Director | 375 | $320.70 | $120,262 | +6.0% | SEC |
| 2025-05-05 | Johnson Gerald | Director | 100 | $318.48 | $31,848 | +3.3% | SEC |
| 2025-02-05 | Johnson Gerald | Director | 100 | $365.57 | $36,557 | +3.4% | SEC |
| 2024-12-05 | Johnson Gerald | Director | 100 | $398.57 | $39,857 | +3.5% | SEC |
| 2024-09-05 | Johnson Gerald | Director | 100 | $338.59 | $33,859 | +3.6% | SEC |
| 2024-05-22 | Johnson Gerald | Director | 100 | $356.40 | $35,640 | +4.7% | SEC |
| 2024-05-06 | MacLennan David | Director | 500 | $337.39 | $168,695 | +9.5% | SEC |
| 2024-02-26 | MacLennan David | Director | 350 | $323.37 | $113,180 | +7.2% | SEC |
| 2023-02-21 | MacLennan David | Director | 400 | $249.29 | $99,716 | +12.1% | SEC |
| 2022-05-06 | MacLennan David | Director | 600 | $219.82 | $131,892 | +31.9% | SEC |
| 2022-02-09 | MacLennan David | Director | 480 | $199.50 | $95,760 | +34.4% | SEC |
| 2021-08-05 | MacLennan David | Director | 500 | $206.20 | $103,100 | +56.1% | SEC |
| 2021-05-06 | MacLennan David | Director | 420 | $237.86 | $99,901 | +89.4% | SEC |
| 2018-10-30 | De Lange Bob | CEO | 1,080 | $115.58 | $124,826 | +10.6% | SEC |
| 2018-05-15 | CALHOUN DAVID L | Director | 5,000 | $155.37 | $776,850 | +34.3% | SEC |
| 2017-02-23 | De Lange Bob | CEO | 1,000 | $99.32 | $99,320 | +10.8% | SEC |
| 2016-08-02 | Muilenburg Dennis A | Director | 1,930 | $82.75 | $159,708 | +25.3% | SEC |
| 2016-05-09 | Muilenburg Dennis A | Director | 1,128 | $71.01 | $80,099 | +17.4% | SEC |
| 2016-04-28 | CALHOUN DAVID L | Director | 25,000 | $77.44 | $1.9M | +307.5% | SEC |
| 2016-02-17 | Johnson Denise C | CEO | 3,500 | $62.20 | $217,700 | +101.0% | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | Creed Joseph E | CEO | 32,401 | $808.98 | $26.2M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-15 | Johnson Denise C | CEO | 12,605 | $907.91 | $11.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-14 | Schaupp William E | Officer | 360 | $906.00 | $326,160 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-14 | Johnson Denise C | CEO | 6,196 | $909.79 | $5.6M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-12 | Fassino Anthony D. | CEO | 16,283 | $916.80 | $14.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-07 | Fassino Anthony D. | CEO | 9,152 | $926.25 | $8.5M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-07 | De Lange Bob | CEO | 24,222 | $922.92 | $22.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-07 | BONFIELD ANDREW R J | CFO | 15,674 | $918.71 | $14.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-06 | Shurman Rodney Michael | CEO | 5,639 | $903.18 | $5.1M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-05 | Kaiser Jason | CEO | 5,642 | $883.03 | $5.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-03-06 | Creed Joseph E | CEO | 2,500 | $718.93 | $1.8M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-02-24 | Shurman Rodney Michael | CEO | 2,278 | $759.61 | $1.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-18 | Shurman Rodney Michael | CEO | 1,764 | $763.39 | $1.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-18 | Schaupp William E | Officer | 972 | $764.20 | $742,802 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | Fassino Anthony D. | CEO | 7,891 | $776.90 | $6.1M | Sale | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 124 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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