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Caterpillar (CAT) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Capital Expenditures over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.8 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Capital Expenditures at $1.8 billion for Q4 2025, up 117.6% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.8 billion (up 129.91% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.8 billion, up 129.91%.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q4 2025 was $1.8 billion at Caterpillar, up from -$244.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Capital Expenditures for CAT hit a ceiling of $9.2 billion in Q3 2021 and a floor of -$10.2 billion in Q4 2024.
  • Median Capital Expenditures over the past 5 years was $336.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $402.0 million.
  • Peak annual rise in Capital Expenditures hit 2657.96% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 5019.08% in 2021.
  • Caterpillar's Capital Expenditures stood at -$8.5 billion in 2021, then surged by 105.11% to $435.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 3.45% to $420.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 2535.71% to -$10.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 117.6% to $1.8 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Capital Expenditures were $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), -$244.0 million (Q3 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.