Caterpillar (CAT) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Cash from Investing Activities history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.8 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities fell 914.29% year-over-year to -$1.8 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$6.3 billion (down 75.88% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$4.7 billion, down 91.89% from the prior year.
• Cash from Investing Activities for Q1 2026 stood at -$1.8 billion, up from -$1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Cash from Investing Activities was $958.0 million in Q1 2024, with the low at -$3.4 billion in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$1.0 billion (2024), against an average of -$1.0 billion.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Cash from Investing Activities slumped 1907.89% in 2023, then soared 240.26% in 2024.
• Caterpillar's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$843.0 million in 2022, then surged by 34.28% to -$554.0 million in 2023, then sank by 197.65% to -$1.6 billion in 2024, then dropped by 14.01% to -$1.9 billion in 2025, then grew by 5.59% to -$1.8 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAT's Cash from Investing Activities at -$1.8 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.9 billion in Q4 2025, and -$1.3 billion in Q3 2025.