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.
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) P/E ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) trades at a P/E ratio of 31.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2017) to 737× (September 2017); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 23.3× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.
P/E ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 30.3× | 85.13% |
| FY2024 | 16.4× | 13.15% |
| FY2023 | 14.5× | (22.97%) |
| FY2022 | 18.8× | 8.38% |
| FY2021 | 17.3× | (47.68%) |
| FY2020 | 33.1× | 142.70% |
| FY2019 | 13.6× | 11.18% |
| FY2018 | 12.3× | (89.85%) |
| FY2017 | 121× | — |
| FY2016 | 0.0× | — |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 45.6× | 29.98% |
| Mar 2026 | 35.1× | 15.83% |
| Dec 2025 | 30.3× | 24.25% |
| Sep 2025 | 24.4× | 24.04% |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| AGCO AGCO Corporation compare | 14.3× |
| OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare | 14.5× |
| ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare | 18.0× |
| PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare | 23.3× |
| FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare | 24.0× |
| TEX Terex Corporation compare | 25.6× |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 31.2× |
| DE Deere & Company compare | 35.6× |
| CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare | 46.6× |
| Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median | 23.3× |
| Industrials sector median | 24.7× |
| Market median | 18.1× |
What P/E ratio is
Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.
Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)
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