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Bei seiner jährlichen Hauptversammlung am 10. Juni 2026 wählte Caterpillar Inc. den ehemaligen Duke Energy-CEO Lynn J. Good in sein Gremium und genehmigte einen Anstieg der Quartalsdividende auf US$1,63 pro Aktie, die am 19. August an Aktionäre ausgezahlt wird, die am 20. Juli im Register stehen. Die Dividendenhöhe unterstreicht, wie sich das Management mit einem Rekord-Backlog und starken Cash-Generationen paart, um ein laufendes Engagement für Rückerträge an Aktionäre zu demonstrieren.

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184 Unternehmen haben ihre Hauptsitze nach Texas verlegt, darunter Tesla und Caterpillar. Der Standort bietet niedrige Steuern, günstigen Lebensstandard und Zugang zu erneuerbaren Energien. Ein neues Börsenhaus in Texas wird bald eröffnet, und Trumps eigene Social-Media-Firma ist bereits gelistet.

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The Board of Directors of Caterpillar voted today to raise the quarterly dividend by 12 cents, an eight percent increase, to one dollar and sixty-three cents per share of common stock payable Aug. 19, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business July 20, 2026. Caterpillar has paid a cash dividend every year since the company was formed and has paid a quarterly dividend since 1933. Caterpillar has paid higher annual dividends to shareholders for 32 consecutive years and is recognized as a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 10, 2026, to shareholders of record on Aug. 20, 2026. The ex-dividend date will be Aug. 20, 2026.

Flexsteel Industries announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, payable July 6, 2026, to shareholders of record as of June 24, 2026. The $0.25 per share quarterly dividend is an increase of 25% from the previous quarterly dividend. Flexsteel has paid cash dividends on its common stock each year since 1938. This is the 338th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.47 per common share, payable on July 20, 2026, to shareholders of record as of June 25, 2026. The ex-dividend date is June 25, 2026.

The board of directors of Target has declared a quarterly dividend of $1.16 per common share, a 1.8% increase from the prior quarterly dividend of $1.14. The dividend is payable September 1, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business August 12, 2026. The 3rd quarter dividend will be the company's 236th consecutive dividend paid since October 1967 when the company became publicly held. With the increase announced today, 2026 is on track to be the 55th consecutive year in which Target has increased its annual dividend.

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Caterpillar CAT continues to reinforce its reputation as a reliable income-generating industrial stock with the announcement of an 8% increase in its quarterly dividend to $1.63 per share. The latest hike reflects management’s confidence in its cash-generating capabilities and long-term growth prospects, while strengthening Caterpillar’s track record of rewarding shareholders through economic cycles.

The increase marks Caterpillar’s 32nd consecutive year of dividend growth. The company has paid a cash dividend every year since its formation and has distributed quarterly dividends since 1933. CAT has been a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index since 2019.

The revised annualized dividend of $6.52 implies a yield of 0.76%, higher than the manufacturing - construction and mining industry average of 0.67%. CAT’s current payout ratio of 29.16% is also higher than the industry’s 28.92%. Its current dividend-to-free-cash-flow ratio stands at 0.32, reflecting a healthy and sustainable dividend profile.

Over the past five years, Caterpillar has increased its dividend at an annualized rate of 8.2%, supported by robust free cash flow generation. During the first quarter of 2026 alone, Caterpillar deployed $5 billion toward share repurchases and $700 million toward dividends. Enterprise operating cash flow was $1.9 billion in the first quarter, and the company ended the quarter with $4.1 billion of cash.

The company remains committed to returning substantially all Machinery, Power & Energy (MP&E) free cash flow to shareholders over time through a combination of dividends and share repurchases.

Operationally, Caterpillar's business momentum has improved significantly in recent quarters. First-quarter 2026 revenues of $17.4 billion represented a 22% year-over-year increase, with growth largely fueled by a $2.3 billion rise in volumes. Higher dealer inventory levels and stronger end-user demand contributed to volume gains across all three operating segments. CAT ended the quarter with a record backlog of $62.7 billion.

For 2026, Caterpillar expects low double-digit year-over-year revenue growth. CAT’s previous expectation was growth near the upper end of its long-term 5-7% revenue CAGR target. Management also raised its full-year 2026 expectation for MP&E free cash flow to be higher than 2025. Its latest dividend increase reinforces confidence in its long-term earnings and cash-flow outlook.

Favorable trends in construction activity, commodity demand, data center investments and energy-transition projects continue to support growth opportunities. Caterpillar’s expanding aftermarket services business, known for its high margins, further strengthens its earnings profile. While tariffs and broader macroeconomic uncertainties remain potential headwinds, Caterpillar appears well-positioned to sustain shareholder returns and deliver long-term value creation.

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A Look at Some Other Dividend-Paying Industrial Stocks

Illinois Tool Works Inc. ITW, a multi-industrial manufacturing leader, is also a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. The company has raised its dividend for 62 years. In August 2025, Illinois Tool Works raised its dividend by 7% to the current quarterly payout of $1.61. The company generally raises the dividend in August. Illinois Tool Works has a five-year dividend growth of 7.2% and a current yield of 2.6%. Illinois Tool Works has a payout ratio of 59.8%. ITW has a dividend/free cash flow ratio of 0.68.

Pentair plc PNR , a provider of various water solutions, has a current dividend yield of 1.45%. Pentair announced an 8% dividend hike on Dec. 15, 2025, and the raised dividend of 27 cents per share was paid in February 2026. This marked the 50th consecutive year that Pentair has increased its dividend. Pentair has a payout ratio of 21% and a five-year dividend growth of 5.8%. Pentair’s dividend/free cash flow ratio stands at 0.25.

CAT’s Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates

CAT shares have gained 137.1% over the past year compared with the industry’s 131.4% growth. In comparison, the Zacks Industrial Products sector has gained 25%. The S&P 500 has moved up 25.9% in the same time frame.Zacks Investment Research

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Caterpillar is currently trading at a forward 12-month price/earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.38X compared with the industry average of 31.57X.Zacks Investment Research

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CAT’s 2026 earnings indicates year-over-year growth of 29.5%. The consensus mark for revenues implies an increase of 13.2% for the year. The earnings estimate for 2027 indicates 23.8% growth, with revenues rising 10.2%.Zacks Investment Research

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Earnings estimates for Caterpillar for both 2026 and 2027 have moved up over the past 60 days, as shown in the chart below.Zacks Investment Research

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Caterpillar stock currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, June 11:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company HPE: This information technology company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5% over the last 60 days.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise's shares gained 112% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 11%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

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Caterpillar Inc. CAT: This industrial machinery company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 8.1% over the last 60 days.

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Caterpillar’s shares gained 22.4% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 11%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

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Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. FMX: This Coca-Cola bottling company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 26.5% over the last 60 days.

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Fomento Económico Mexicano’s shares gained 16.9% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 11%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

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Surging demand for AI data center infrastructure has opened opportunities for companies you might not expect. Caterpillar has developed autonomous fleets of machinery and is now targeting AI power generation. Storing energy is becoming necessary for data centers, and Ford has unique abilities to meet this demand.10 stocks we like better than Ford Motor Company ›

The accelerating hype behind artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps matched only by the rapid growth in demand for the computing power and electricity required to run it all. The need for energy storage and electricity for AI data centers is expanding so rapidly that local power grids are having difficulties keeping pace.

That creates opportunity. Two companies that investors might not expect are capitalizing -- and they offset some risk by having significant dividends: Caterpillar(NYSE: CAT) and Ford Motor Company(NYSE: F).

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An AI play overlooked for decades

While most investors associate Caterpillar with construction and mining machinery, management sees a lucrative technology opportunity developing with AI: its potential to generate a new revenue stream at higher margins than its traditional business.

The company sells enormous engines, turbines, and generator sets that AI data centers use for both primary and continuous backup power, giving it a faster-growing revenue stream. As you can see in the graphic below, Wall Street has taken notice, and the stock has soared over the past year.

If you missed out on the one-year surge in Caterpillar shares, there is still growth to be had. "We think [this] is more of a 2027/2028 story than a 2025/2026 story," Citigroup analyst Kyle Menges says, according to Barron's.

What most investors probably aren't aware of is that the company has an autonomous-mining fleet that's one of the largest and most proven in the world. Management's research on autonomous machines started decades ago, and now the company is taking it a step forward after unveiling multiple intelligent-product lines that will include autonomous excavators, loaders, hauling trucks, bulldozers, and compactors driven by a rise in AI.

Caterpillar is an intriguing mix of potential with its products becoming more powerful for its clients through AI and autonomy, while it also benefits from faster-growing segments due to increasing energy and storage demand.

The icing on the cake is that Caterpillar also offers investors safety: It has paid a cash dividend every year since it was formed, a quarterly dividend since 1933, and a higher annual dividend for 32 consecutive years.

Under the radar

Similar to Caterpillar, Ford's most-hyped business right now has absolutely nothing to do with producing vehicles. Unbeknownst to many, Ford has spent most of the past year building the foundation for Ford Energy. Ford Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company and will provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) for data centers and other large industrial customers in the U.S.

The Detroit automaker's flagship product, named the Ford Energy DC block, is a 20-foot containerized BESS that comes in two configurations designed to provide its customers with predictable lifetime performance, from a company that is stable enough to assure that it will be around for servicing if necessary.

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Ford plans to invest roughly $2 billion into its energy business initially, and after working quietly to build out its supply chains and manufacturing sites, it aims to start deliveries in late 2027. Morgan Stanley estimates Ford Energy could generate between $500 million to $600 million of run-rate earnings before interest and taxes at 20 gigawatt hours of production capacity.

Like Caterpillar, Ford offers a measure of safety with a dividend that sits at a 4% yield. And in recent years when cash flow is strong, it's often boosted by a supplemental dividend.

What it all means

Besides rapidly changing the way many businesses operate, AI also offers opportunities for companies that can power its significant demand for energy and its storage. Investors could blindfold themselves and throw a dart and land on any number of projections that suggest the AI data center market and global power demand are expected to surge over the next decade.

And while many will continue to overlook Ford's and Caterpillar's ties to AI and energy, savvy investors understand their potential to generate new revenue streams, higher margins, and potentially better valuations.

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Caterpillar announced an 8% dividend hike after Wednesday's close, extending its streak of dividend increases to 32 years. CAT stock led Dow Jones Industrial Average winners early Thursday, rebounding from a key support level after suffering its sharpest loss since April 3, 2025, the day after President Trump unveiled "Liberation Day" tariffs. Caterpillar is among 69 members of the S&P 500 that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 years.

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AmpliTech Group recently took part in the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Spring 2026, where its O-RAN CAT B 64T64R Massive MIMO radio was the only American-designed radio at that specification to complete successful multi-vendor interoperability testing and support the world's first open-source Massive MIMO AI-RAN demonstration with NVIDIA and Northeastern University. These achievements, alongside AmpliTech's role in the broader Open RAN ecosystem, highlight its growing importance as a U.S.-based supplier of advanced RF hardware for AI-RAN and space-focused infrastructure used by major technology and telecom partners. We'll now examine how AmpliTech's unique 64T64R Open RAN participation and AI-RAN collaboration with NVIDIA could reshape its investment narrative.

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To own AmpliTech, you have to believe that its niche in Open RAN, AI-RAN and space-grade RF hardware can translate early technical wins into durable commercial relationships, while it works toward profitability. The PlugFest success and NVIDIA AI-RAN demo reinforce its technology narrative, but they do not remove the near term risk that revenue is still concentrated in a small number of Tier 1 customers, which could amplify volatility if orders slow or slip.

Among recent updates, AmpliTech's reaffirmed FY2026 revenue guidance of at least US$50,000,000 stands out alongside PlugFest. Together, validated multi vendor interoperability and higher expected sales frame a clear catalyst: if the company can convert its Open RAN and AI-RAN traction into repeat deployments with more operators and cloud partners, it may begin to spread its revenue base and reduce dependence on a handful of large contracts.

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AmpliTech Group's narrative projects $103.3 million revenue and $33.4 million earnings by 2029. This requires 56.5% yearly revenue growth and a $40.1 million earnings increase from -$6.7 million today.

Uncover how AmpliTech Group's forecasts yield a $7.00 fair value, a 8% downside to its current price.

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Four fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$6.01 to US$7.76 per share, showing a tight but varied range of views. You can weigh those against the key catalyst that AmpliTech still needs to turn its Open RAN and AI-RAN interoperability wins into broader, less concentrated revenue if its recent momentum is to hold up over time.

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Einige Aktien fielen in der Nachmittags-Sitzung nach dem CPI-Bericht um 4,2% jährliche Inflation zurück, mit Märkten, die eine Dezember-Fed-Rate-Höhe vollständig preisgeben. Für kapitalintensive Industrieunternehmen schränken enge Finanzierungsbedingungen direkt Investitionsplanung und Akquisitionsökonomie ein. Der Iran-Konflikt fügte Druck auf die Lieferketten hinzu: Teheran richtete Raketenangriffe gegen Bahrain, Kuwait und Jordan aus, und Trump versprach in der Sitzung, "sehr hart" zu angreifen, was den Dow an die Sitzungs-Tiefststände brachte. Eine erweiterte Golf-Konflikt erhöht Energie-Einflusskosten und führt Unsicherheit in die grenzüberschreitenden Logistiknetze ein, auf die sich industrielle Unternehmen mit hohem Gewicht abhängig machen. Unternehmen mit Auslandsbeziehungen absorbierten den größten Druck. Verteidigungsnamen innerhalb des Sektors blieben teilweise abgeschirmt. Der Aktienmarkt überreagiert auf Nachrichten, und große Kursabschläge können gute Gelegenheiten darstellen, hochwertige Aktien zu kaufen.