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Caterpillar Inc. CAT

Industrials  —  Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) trades at a price to free cash flow of 38.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.0× (September 2015) to 56.6× (June 2026); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 25.3× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

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

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 50.2× 32.19%
Mar 2026 37.9× 15.03%
Dec 2025 33.0× 22.25%
Sep 2025 27.0× 25.58%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.0× High 56.6×
Ten-year median 16.7×
Current reading's percentile 95

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 7.6×
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 13.9×
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 15.9×
TEX Terex Corporation compare 19.0×
FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare 20.6×
DE Deere & Company compare 23.3×
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 25.3×
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 26.5×
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 38.7×
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 25.3×
Industrials sector median 20.6×
Market median 14.0×

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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