$1,000 invested Caterpillar Inc. (2021)
NYSE · CAT · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2021-01-04 — 2026-09-11
Today you would have
$4,963
+$3,963 (+396.32%)
CATSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $164.93
- Current price
- $818.57
- Shares
- 6.0632
- CAGR
- +32.56%
- Max Drawdown
- -34.05%
- vs SPY
- +273.70 pp
✦The story
Putting $1,000 into Caterpillar in January 2021 would have produced $4,963 by mid-2026, a return of +396.3%. Demand for heavy machinery in construction, mining and energy supported the stock through the period. The S&P 500 returned +122.6% over the same stretch, a fraction of Caterpillar's result.
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