Caterpillar Inc. CAT

821.58 16.33 2.03% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$373.2B
P/E
35.2×
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Book value per share

Caterpillar Inc.'s book value per share at the end of fiscal 2025 was 45.4×, up 13.2% from 40.1× in fiscal 2024. At the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 it was 42.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.6× (fiscal 2016) to 45.4× (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Caterpillar Inc. ranks 8th of 27 Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies by book value per share.

Book value per share, annual

Annual

Period Book value per share Change
FY2025 45.4× 13.24%
FY2024 40.1× 4.86%
FY2023 38.2× 26.65%
FY2022 30.2× (0.66%)
FY2021 30.4× 7.42%
FY2020 28.3× 8.50%
FY2019 26.0× 9.41%
FY2018 23.8× 2.35%
FY2017 23.3× 2.86%
FY2016 22.6× (9.71%)

Quarterly

Period Book value per share Change
Jun 2026 42.1× 4.61%
Mar 2026 40.3× (11.22%)
Dec 2025 45.4× 2.88%
Sep 2025 44.1× 10.95%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 22.6× High 45.4×
Ten-year median 28.3×
Current reading's percentile 100

Book value per share against peers

What Book value per share is

BV per Share tells an investor how much of a company’s accounting net worth stands behind each share.

(Shareholders Equity (Total) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted))

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