Caterpillar Inc. CAT
821.58
16.33
2.03%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $373.2B
- P/E
- 35.2×
Follow CAT
Indexes
indicate stock being part of an index,
Growth Flags
show if company had growth for consecutive years,
Insider Buys
alert about insiders buying in the last 12 month
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 1.45% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.30%.
Return on assets, annual
Annual
| 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
Low −0.09%
High 12.3%
Ten-year median
7.91%
Current reading's percentile
82
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 | 1.45% |
| Industrials sector median | 1.30% |
| 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)
More on CAT
- Revenue
- Net income
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- Return on equity
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- The full statement