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 was -$1.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, up from -$1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of $958.0 million in Q1 2024 to a low of -$3.4 billion in Q3 2023.
• Historically, Cash from Investing Activities has averaged -$1.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$1.0 billion in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Cash from Investing Activities tumbled 1907.89% in 2023, then jumped 240.26% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$843.0 million in 2022, then soared by 34.28% to -$554.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 197.65% to -$1.6 billion in 2024, then declined by 14.01% to -$1.9 billion in 2025, then increased by 5.59% to -$1.8 billion in 2026.
• The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$1.8 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.9 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.