Caterpillar Inc. is the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer with headquarters in Peoria, Illinois. In addition to construction machinery, Caterpillar also manufactures diesel engines, gas engines and industrial gas turbines.
Caterpillar stock (symbol: CAT) underwent a total of 4 stock splits.The most recent stock split occurred on July 14th, 2005.One CAT share bought prior to July 26th, 1976 would equal to 12 CAT shares today.