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) Return on assets
Caterpillar Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.2%, up 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.53%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.09% (fiscal 2016) to 12.3% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 1.31% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.21%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 9.53% | (2.79) |
| FY2024 | 12.3% | 0.12 |
| FY2023 | 12.2% | 4.06 |
| FY2022 | 8.14% | 0.08 |
| FY2021 | 8.06% | 4.24 |
| FY2020 | 3.82% | (3.94) |
| FY2019 | 7.76% | (0.15) |
| FY2018 | 7.91% | 6.92 |
| FY2017 | 0.99% | 1.08 |
| FY2016 | −0.09% | (3.17) |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare | 13.1% |
| CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 11.2% |
| ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare | 6.16% |
| PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare | 5.69% |
| OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare | 5.54% |
| DE Deere & Company compare | 4.52% |
| AGCO AGCO Corporation compare | 4.41% |
| TEX Terex Corporation compare | 1.81% |
| CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare | 0.72% |
| Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median | 1.31% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.21% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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