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Caterpillar (CAT) Cash & Equivalents (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Cash & Equivalents over the past 17 years, most recently at $10.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Cash & Equivalents at $10.0 billion for Q4 2025, up 44.87% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $10.0 billion (up 44.87% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $10.0 billion, up 44.87%.
  • Cash & Equivalents for Q4 2025 was $10.0 billion at Caterpillar, up from $7.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Cash & Equivalents for CAT hit a ceiling of $11.3 billion in Q1 2021 and a floor of $3.6 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Cash & Equivalents over the past 5 years was $6.8 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $7.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cash & Equivalents: soared 59.75% in 2021 and later plummeted 44.47% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Cash & Equivalents stood at $9.3 billion in 2021, then dropped by 24.31% to $7.0 billion in 2022, then fell by 0.37% to $7.0 billion in 2023, then dropped by 1.28% to $6.9 billion in 2024, then soared by 44.87% to $10.0 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Cash & Equivalents were $10.0 billion (Q4 2025), $7.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $5.4 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.