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CAT vs GD: Dividend Comparison 2026

CAT yields 0.89% · GD yields 1.76%● Live data

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After 10 years · $10,000 invested · DRIP enabled
🏆 GD wins by $9.0K in total portfolio value
10 years
CAT
CAT
● Live price
0.89%
Share price
$667.43
Annual div
$5.94
5Y div CAGR
42.9%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$35.0K
Annual income
$4,847.85
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GD
GD
● Live price
1.76%
Share price
$340.79
Annual div
$6.00
5Y div CAGR
36.6%
Payout ratio
50%
After 10 yrs · $10,000 · DRIP
Portfolio value
$44.0K
Annual income
$7,409.33
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Portfolio growth — CAT vs GD

📍 GD pulled ahead of the other in Year 1

Annual dividend income

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Recession Test — Did They Cut Dividends?

How each stock treated shareholders during the 3 biggest crises of the last 20 years

Crisis PeriodCATGD
2008–2009
GFC
— No data— No data
2020 Q1–Q2
COVID
— No data— No data
2022 Q4
Rate Hike
— No data— No data
Based on dividend payment history. "Increased" = dividend grew during crisis. "Maintained" = held within 3%. "Cut" = reduced by more than 3%.
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Dividend Calendar Overlap

Combined, CAT + GD cover 0 of 12 monthsgood coverage

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec
CAT pays
GD pays
Both pay
Neither
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Tax Bracket Optimizer

Which stock is actually better after tax? Adjust your rate to find out.

CAT
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$75.65/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$4,120.67/yr
GD
Annual income on $10K today (after 15% tax)
$149.65/yr
After 10yr DRIP, annual income (after tax)
$6,297.93/yr
At 15% tax rate, GD beats the other by $2,177.26/year in after-tax income after 10 years on $10,000
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Lazy Portfolio Split Optimizer

What's the optimal mix of CAT + GD for your $10,000?

CAT: 50%GD: 50%
100% GD50/50100% CAT
Portfolio after 10yr
$39.5K
Annual income
$6,128.59/yr
Blended yield
15.51%
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Analyst Conviction Gap

Where Wall Street is most bullish on CAT right now

CAT
Analyst Ratings
25
Buy
21
Hold
7
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$697.07
+4.4% upside vs current
Range: $425.00 — $825.00
Altman Z
4.7
Piotroski
6/9
GD
Analyst Ratings
17
Buy
16
Hold
1
Sell
Consensus: Buy
Price Target
$404.22
+18.6% upside vs current
Range: $385.00 — $444.00
Altman Z
4.2
Piotroski
8/9
Analyst ratings via FMP. Altman Z-Score: >3.0 safe, 1.81–3.0 grey zone, <1.81 distress. Piotroski: 7–9 strong, 0–3 weak.
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Copy Congress — What Are Politicians Buying?

Senate & House STOCK Act disclosures (last 90 days)

CAT buys
0
GD buys
0
No recent congressional trades found for CAT or GD in the last 90 days.
STOCK Act mandates disclosure within 45 days of transaction. Data via FMP.Full tracker →
MetricCATGD
Forward yield0.89%1.76%
Annual dividend / share$5.94$6.00
Payout ratio50%50%
1-year div growth0%0%
5-year div CAGR42.9%36.6%
Portfolio after 10y$35.0K$44.0K
Annual income after 10y$4,847.85$7,409.33
Total dividends collected$13.5K$21.2K
Payment frequencyquarterlyquarterly
SectorIndustrialsIndustrials
Analyst consensusBuyBuy
Analyst price target$697.07$404.22

Year-by-year: CAT vs GD ($10,000, DRIP)

YearCAT PortfolioCAT Income/yrGD PortfolioGD Income/yrGap
1← crossover$10,827$127.18$10,941$240.50$114.00GD
2$11,769$183.90$12,042$335.91$273.00GD
3$12,860$266.96$13,357$472.02$497.00GD
4$14,150$389.58$14,961$668.39$811.00GD
5$15,712$572.46$16,964$955.72$1.3KGD
6$17,661$848.98$19,534$1,383.46$1.9KGD
7$20,172$1,274.46$22,936$2,033.85$2.8KGD
8$23,528$1,944.03$27,590$3,048.57$4.1KGD
9$28,203$3,028.23$34,203$4,681.66$6.0KGD
10$35,025$4,847.85$44,006$7,409.33$9.0KGD

CAT vs GD: Complete Analysis 2026

CATIndustrials

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, compact track and multi-terrain loaders, excavators, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; mini, small, medium, and large excavators; compact, small, and medium wheel loaders; track-type tractors and loaders; and wheel excavators. The Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, fleet management, landfill compactors, soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, select work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions, turbines and turbine-related services, remanufactured reciprocating engines and components, centrifugal gas compressors, diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products and services for marine, oil and gas, industrial, and electric power generation sectors. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans; and insurance and risk management products for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, etc. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

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GDIndustrials

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment designs, manufactures, and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, charter, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships. This segment also provides navy ships maintenance and modernization services; lifecycle support and repair services for navy surface ships; and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarines and surface ships. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments. This segment also offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers. This segment also offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; software-defined networks; everything-as-a-service; defense enterprise office system solutions; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. General Dynamics Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

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