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Traded Nov 2, 2026 · Filed Nov 3, 2026
A Caterpillar director paid $620K out of pocket for Caterpillar shares. 1 other person at Caterpillar bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in over a year.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell.
open market purchase
Code P — open-market or private purchase
~$620,390
Shares × reported transaction price
$500K–$1M
+26.9%
Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing
None in 23 months of history
Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history
2 distinct insiders in 30 days
Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases
4 days after results of Oct 29, 2026
Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results
Closed at $613.62 on Nov 2, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 42% below its high, after a 25% drop over the previous 30 trading days
52-week range $546.13 (Nov 20, 2025) to $1,064.90 (Jun 30, 2026), 13% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $816.50 on Sep 21, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
James C Jr Fish's first open-market purchase of CAT in filings since 2006
Compared with every open-market purchase and sale of this company in SEC filings since 2006. A fact about the record, not a signal to trade
| After | Stock | S&P 500 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +1.7% | −0.9% | +2.6% |
Past results only. Not a forecast.
Insider buying
Traded Nov 12 · filed 1 day later
A Caterpillar director paid $209K out of pocket for Caterpillar shares. 1 other person at Caterpillar bought some too, in the same month. It was the first purchase in 6 months.
Fund moves
From a 13F filed Nov 13, 2026 covering holdings at Sep 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.
Federal contracts
Delivery order W912CH-26-F-0173 is for the procurement 34 type ii eh dozers, 34 stte kits, and 34 lots of icls services.
The Defense Department has committed $25.3M to Caterpillar so far. It runs until Jan 31, 2029.
Every dated public record OQRO holds about the company from 60 days before to 120 days after, oldest first. It shows what was going on; none of it is a stated reason for the trade.
