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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) Return on invested capital

Caterpillar Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.2%, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.70% (fiscal 2016) to 16.1% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 3.36% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 12.8% (3.27)
FY2024 16.0% (0.06)
FY2023 16.1% 5.31
FY2022 10.8% 1.23
FY2021 9.54% 2.95
FY2020 6.59% (5.19)
FY2019 11.8% (0.34)
FY2018 12.1% 5.22
FY2017 6.90% 5.20
FY2016 1.70% (3.39)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.70% High 16.1%
Ten-year median 10.8%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 14.2%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare 13.0%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 10.6%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 8.85%
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. compare 7.37%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 6.05%
DE Deere & Company compare 4.93%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 4.91%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 3.31%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 3.36%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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