Bar chart of Caterpillar's opening gap on each of 98 earnings days since July 2002, with the October 29, 2026 gap of minus 10.80% the largest since minus 10.93% in July 2002

Caterpillar (CAT) stock opened 10.80% lower on Thursday after its quarterly earnings report, its biggest earnings-day gap down since July 2002.

Shares opened at $636.33, down from a $713.38 close the day before.

Here are the stock's two biggest earnings-day gaps down since 2002.

  • July 16, 2002 -10.93%

  • October 29, 2026 -10.80%

Caterpillar has reported earnings 98 times since July 2002.

Besides those two, the only other earnings-day gap down of more than 10% came in October 2006.

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In 98 reports over 24 years, investors have only once hit Caterpillar harder at the open.

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Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen

Phil Rosen is co-founder and CEO of Opening Bell Media and chief market strategist for Silvia Inc. (NASDAQ: SVIA). He hosts Full Signal and writes Opening Bell Daily — the markets briefing read by over 200,000 investors and published on Bloomberg Terminals — and has also published two books and won a Fulbright award for his reporting. Contact him at [email protected].

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