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.

729.49 9.60 −1.30%
Market cap
$338.2B
P/E
31.2×
Fwd P/E
37.6×
Dividend yield
1.07%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.32
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
86/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.39
Total sells 244.42
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Sell 4 2 — 12 1 — 9 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.39%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 338,160.00
Revenue 74,729.00
Net Income 10,841.00
Free Cash Flow 9,773.00
Net Debt 38,433.00
Current Ratio 1.37
Debt/Equity 2.33 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 31.23
Fwd P/E 37.60 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 4.49
P/B ratio 17.32 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 28.07% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 43.18% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 19.44% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 17.77% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 27.25% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 71.84%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 93.22%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 94.91%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 93.33%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 92.63%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.34
Annual Dividend Rate 7.79
Annual Dividend Yield 1.07%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 6.28
1.51
1.51
1.63
1.63
2025 5.84
1.41
1.41
1.51
1.51
2024 5.42
1.30
1.30
1.41
1.41
2023 6.30
1.20
1.20
1.30
1.30
1.30
2022 4.62
1.11
1.11
1.20
1.20
2021 4.28
1.03
1.03
1.11
1.11
2020 4.12
1.03
1.03
1.03
1.03
2019 3.78
0.86
0.86
1.03
1.03
2018 3.28
0.78
0.78
0.86
0.86
2017 3.10
0.77
0.77
0.78
0.78
2016 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 6,978 6,889 9,980 6,713
Receivables 18,820 18,847 21,569 24,032
Inventory 16,565 16,827 18,135 20,627
Other — — — —
46,949 45,682 52,485 54,450
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 7,906 7,675 8,968 10,313
ST’ Debt 13,406 11,058 12,634 13,107
Other 5,052 5,231 6,112 7,648
34,728 32,272 36,558 39,790

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.70% 10.12% 4.38%
Cash Flow 5.77% 13.16% 14.77%
Earnings 13.46% 24.27% 9.83%
Book Value 3.66% 6.75% 10.29%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 17,415 20,543 — — —
’25 14,249 16,569 17,638 19,133 67,589
’24 15,799 16,689 16,106 16,215 64,809
’23 15,862 17,318 16,810 17,070 67,060
’22 13,589 14,247 14,994 16,597 59,427
’21 11,887 12,889 12,397 13,798 50,971
’20 10,635 9,997 9,881 11,235 41,748
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,870 4,371 — — —
’25 1,289 3,122 3,737 3,591 11,739
’24 2,052 3,021 3,569 3,393 12,035
’23 1,573 3,249 4,060 4,003 12,885
’22 313 2,233 2,481 2,739 7,766
’21 1,928 2,118 1,740 1,412 7,198
’20 1,130 1,391 1,734 2,072 6,327
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,010 3,505 — — —
’25 520 2,383 2,845 2,413 8,161
’24 1,471 2,489 3,045 2,537 9,542
’23 1,007 2,726 3,474 3,367 10,574
’22 (97) 1,837 2,062 2,195 5,997
’21 1,733 1,849 1,394 1,015 5,991
’20 798 1,107 1,409 1,670 4,984
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5.47 7.77 — — —
’25 4.20 4.62 4.88 5.12 18.81
’24 5.75 5.48 5.06 5.78 22.05
’23 3.74 5.67 5.45 5.28 20.12
’22 2.86 3.13 3.87 2.79 12.64
’21 2.77 2.56 2.60 3.91 11.83
’20 1.98 0.84 1.22 1.42 5.46
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 56.36 90.34 112.06 111.75 87.50 179.34 160.60 204.04 276.94 267.30

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 97.40 158.65 173.24 148.93 183.81 246.69 245.05 299.20 418.50 627.50
People
People Employees 95,400 98,400 104,000 102,300 97,300 107,700 109,100 113,200 112,900 118,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.40 0.46 0.53 0.53 0.43 0.47 0.54 0.59 0.57 0.57
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 38,537 45,462 54,722 53,800 41,748 50,971 59,427 67,060 64,809 67,589
Gross margin, % 27.23 31.24 32.39 31.91 30.34 30.33 30.42 36.23 37.97 33.79
EBT 139 4,082 7,822 7,812 3,995 8,204 8,752 13,050 13,373 11,541
EBT margin, % 0.36 8.98 14.29 14.52 9.57 16.10 14.73 19.46 20.63 17.08
Net income (59) 759 6,148 6,094 3,003 6,493 6,704 10,332 10,788 8,882
Depreciation 3,034 2,877 2,766 2,577 2,432 2,352 3,144 2,144 2,153 2,262
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 65.95 76.82 92.53 95.80 76.73 93.70 112.79 131.34 133.16 143.81
Earnings (0.11) 1.27 10.39 10.85 5.51 11.93 12.72 20.24 22.17 18.90
Cash flow 9.65 9.64 11.09 12.31 11.63 13.23 14.74 25.24 24.73 24.98
Capex (3.47) (1.98) (3.35) (2.70) (2.47) (2.22) (3.36) (4.53) (5.12) (7.61)
Free cash flow 6.18 7.66 7.74 9.61 9.16 11.01 11.38 20.71 19.61 17.36
Book value 22.61 23.26 23.81 26.05 28.26 30.36 30.16 38.20 40.05 45.36
Shares, m 584 592 591 562 544 544 527 511 487 470
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 120.80 12.27 13.64 33.09 17.31 18.77 14.45 16.36 30.28
P/S 1.43 2.04 1.37 1.54 2.37 2.21 2.12 2.23 2.72 3.98
P/B 4.16 6.75 5.34 5.67 6.44 6.81 7.92 7.66 9.06 12.63
EV/Sales 2.19 2.63 1.90 2.09 3.04 2.77 2.62 2.69 3.21 4.48
EV/FCF 23.42 26.37 22.68 20.81 25.45 23.54 25.99 17.06 21.81 37.08
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5,639 5,706 6,558 6,912 6,327 7,198 7,766 12,885 12,035 11,739
Capex (2,029) (1,172) (1,980) (1,516) (1,343) (1,207) (1,769) (2,311) (2,493) (3,578)
Free cash flow 3,610 4,534 4,578 5,396 4,984 5,991 5,997 10,574 9,542 8,161
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 5,835 9,313 10,385 12,572 13,747 13,608 12,254 12,221 13,410 15,927
Total debt 36,783 34,878 36,553 37,657 37,163 37,789 36,993 37,878 38,409 43,330
Net debt 29,615 26,617 28,696 29,373 27,811 28,535 29,989 30,900 31,520 33,350
Shareholders’ equity 13,213 13,766 14,080 14,629 15,378 16,516 15,891 19,503 19,494 21,318
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (0.09) 0.99 7.91 7.76 3.82 8.06 8.14 12.20 12.32 9.53
ROIC 1.70 6.90 12.12 11.78 6.59 9.54 10.77 16.08 16.02 12.75
ROE (0.48) 5.59 44.15 42.45 19.98 40.69 41.38 58.40 55.35 43.54
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Caterpillar Inc. vs peers in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CAT Caterpillar Inc. $338.2B 31.2× 37.6× +23.98% (above 0%: growing) +68.10% (above 0%: growing) +47.08% (above 0%: growing) 37.78% 22.67%
DE Deere & Company $175.4B 35.6× 32.2× +4.91% (above 0%: growing) +7.35% (above 0%: growing) −20.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.03% 20.56% Compare
PCAR PACCAR Inc. $58.3B 23.3× 20.5× +0.48% (above 0%: growing) +3.62% (above 0%: growing) −16.22% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.64% 14.56% Compare
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. $14.8B 46.6× 27.5× +1.95% (above 0%: growing) −35.29% (below 0%: shrinking) −124.62% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.29% 13.66% Compare
OSK Oshkosh Corporation $8.0B 14.5× 12.2× +6.70% (above 0%: growing) −7.57% (below 0%: shrinking) +814.92% (above 0%: growing) 16.48% 8.34% Compare
AGCO AGCO Corporation $7.4B 14.3× 20.4× −0.96% (below 0%: shrinking) −74.41% (below 0%: shrinking) −66.49% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.75% 5.39% Compare
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $6.9B 24.0× 21.5× +18.70% (above 0%: growing) +19.49% (above 0%: growing) +92.75% (above 0%: growing) 30.41% 17.64% Compare
TEX Terex Corporation $6.0B 25.6× 17.6× +50.50% (above 0%: growing) −11.82% (below 0%: shrinking) +21.79% (above 0%: growing) 19.84% 8.36% Compare
ALG Alamo Group, Inc. $1.9B 18.0× 14.3× +7.55% (above 0%: growing) −0.77% (below 0%: shrinking) +147.74% (above 0%: growing) 24.59% 10.15% Compare
Median of peers $7.7B 23.6× 20.5× +5.81% −4.17% +2.79% 24.67% 11.91%

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CAT metrics, ten years each

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) key facts

  • Strength: Caterpillar Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $67.6 billion, up 4.29% from fiscal 2024.
  • Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) is a Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CAT traded at $729.49, a market capitalization of $338.2 billion.
  • Caterpillar Inc. pays an annual dividend of $7.79 per share, a yield of 1.07%, with a payout ratio of 33.5%.
  • Return on equity was 43.5% and debt-to-equity 2.33.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.32 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Financial Analysis (summary)

Updated

Caterpillar reported $67.6 billion of revenue and $8.9 billion of net income in FY2025. In Q2 FY2026, revenue was $20.5 billion, net income was $3.6 billion and diluted EPS was $7.77. Trailing-twelve-month revenue to Q2 FY2026 was $74.7 billion, while trailing-twelve-month free cash flow was $9.8 billion.

FY2025 margins and earnings were below FY2024 levels, although revenue increased. Q2 FY2026 showed higher revenue, EPS, free cash flow and margins than both Q1 FY2026 and Q2 FY2025. Net debt was $38.4 billion in Q2 FY2026, and the P/E was 34.5× as of September 24, 2026, above the company’s five-year median.

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