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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) trades at a price to free cash flow of 24.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.0× (September 2015) to 56.6× (June 2026); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 20.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 19.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 33.0× 78.31%
FY2024 18.5× 30.91%
FY2023 14.1× (32.65%)
FY2022 21.0× 11.80%
FY2021 18.8× (5.53%)
FY2020 19.9× 29.28%
FY2019 15.4× (6.37%)
FY2018 16.4× (19.92%)
FY2017 20.5× 34.74%
FY2016 15.2× 58.12%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 35.3× (29.69%)
Jun 2026 50.2× 32.19%
Mar 2026 37.9× 15.03%
Dec 2025 33.0× 22.25%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.0× High 56.6×
Ten-year median 16.8×
Current reading's percentile 82

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 9.0×
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 13.3×
TEX Terex Corporation compare 14.7×
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 17.8×
FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare 18.8×
DE Deere & Company compare 22.4×
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 22.8×
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 24.1×
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 26.0×
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 20.6×
Industrials sector median 19.6×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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