Caterpillar announced on Wednesday that it would maintain its quarterly dividend of $1.30, payable on May 20 to shareholders of record as of April 22.

In a press release, Caterpillar points out that it has systematically paid an annual dividend to its shareholders since the company's creation, the payment of a quarterly coupon having been introduced in 1933.

The group, which is included in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index, adds that its annual dividend has always increased over the last 30 years.

The stock was down 1.4% on Wednesday on Wall Street following this announcement.

The stock nevertheless posted an increase of more than 25%, compared with a gain of around 3% for the Dow Jones index, boosted in particular by better-than-expected financial performance.

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