Caterpillar Inc.

CAT Industrials Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Caterpillar Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $67.6 billion, up 4.29% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 24.0%, EPS grew 68.1%, free cash flow grew 47.1% and total debt rose 10.8%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

729.49 9.60 −1.30%
Market cap
$338.2B
P/E
31.2×
Fwd P/E
37.6×
Dividend yield
0.84%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.32
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
86/100

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Gross margin

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Caterpillar Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 34.3%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 27.2% (fiscal 2016) to 38.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 24.2% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 33.8% (4.18)
FY2024 38.0% 1.74
FY2023 36.2% 5.81
FY2022 30.4% 0.09
FY2021 30.3% (0.01)
FY2020 30.3% (1.57)
FY2019 31.9% (0.48)
FY2018 32.4% 1.15
FY2017 31.2% 4.01
FY2016 27.2% (1.41)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 37.8% 2.70
Mar 2026 35.1% 4.63
Dec 2025 30.5% (3.37)
Sep 2025 33.8% (0.96)
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Against its own ten years

Low 27.2% High 38.0%
Ten-year median 31.2%
Current reading's percentile 79

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
DE Deere & Company compare 36.6%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 34.3%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 30.6%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare 29.2%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 25.3%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 24.2%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 20.0%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 17.2%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 15.9%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 24.2%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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