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.

Revenue
+17.3%
EPS
+45.8%
Free cash flow
+27.4%
Total debt
+8.83%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

555.00 36.30 −6.14%
Market cap
$254.5B
P/E
21.7×
Fwd P/E
23.2×
Dividend yield
1.13%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.32
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
86/100

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Operating cash flow

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Caterpillar Inc.'s operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $11.7B, unchanged from fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $14.2B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $5.6B (fiscal 2016) to $12.9B (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. Caterpillar Inc. ranks 1st of 27 Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $11.7B (2.46%)
FY2024 $12.0B (6.60%)
FY2023 $12.9B 65.92%
FY2022 $7.8B 7.89%
FY2021 $7.2B 13.77%
FY2020 $6.3B (8.46%)
FY2019 $6.9B 5.40%
FY2018 $6.6B 14.93%
FY2017 $5.7B 1.19%
FY2016 $5.6B (15.82%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $4.4B (0.43%)
Jun 2026 $4.4B 133.74%
Mar 2026 $1.9B (47.93%)
Dec 2025 $3.6B (3.91%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $5.6B High $12.9B
Ten-year median $6.9B
Current reading's percentile 82

Operating cash flow against peers

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

Reported line item

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