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Insider Transaction
$CAT · CATERPILLAR INC
Summary
Caterpillar director James Fish Jr. reported an open-market purchase of 1,000 shares at $620.39 per share, totaling $620,390. The transaction was not part of a 10b5-1 trading plan.
Key points
- Director James Fish Jr. purchased 1,000 shares at $620.39 each, totaling $620,390.
- Transaction was a direct open-market purchase, not executed under a 10b5-1 plan.
- Post-transaction, Fish holds 4,714 shares of Caterpillar common stock.
- Fish is a non-executive director with no officer role at the company.
Insider transaction — significant buy
InsiderFish James C Jr (Director)
Actionpurchase
Shares1,000
Price$620.39
Total value$620,390.00
Owned after4,714
Market impact
CAT is up 1.59% today at $623.36, with a negligible -0.12% drift since the filing hit. Director buys at this scale on a $286B+ market cap company rarely move the needle, and the market has largely ignored this.
Why this matters
A $620K insider buy shows director-level conviction, but at a $286B market cap, the signal is modest without officer participation.
Sector context
_Not applicable._
Risk factors
Insider purchases by non-executive directors carry less signal than CEO/CFO buys; this may reflect personal portfolio allocation rather than material non-public insight.
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