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Caterpillar (CAT) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Capital Expenditures data on record, last reported at -$8.1 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Capital Expenditures fell 156.1% year-over-year to -$8.1 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.8 billion, down 81.69%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.8 billion, 81.69% down from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures reached -$8.1 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from $9.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $14.5 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$8.1 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Average Capital Expenditures over 5 years is $1.7 billion, with a median of $424.5 million recorded in 2021.
  • The widest YoY moves for Capital Expenditures: up 115425.0% in 2022, down 636.13% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $420.0 million in 2021, then soared by 691.67% to $3.3 billion in 2022, then crashed by 83.88% to $536.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 2608.21% to $14.5 billion in 2024, then crashed by 156.1% to -$8.1 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Capital Expenditures were -$8.1 billion in Q4 2025, $9.7 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q2 2025.