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Caterpillar (CAT) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Cash from Investing Activities history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at -$1.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cash from Investing Activities fell 914.29% to -$1.8 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$6.3 billion through Mar 2026, down 75.88% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$4.7 billion for FY2025, 91.89% down from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$1.8 billion for Q1 2026, 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.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$1.0 billion (2024), against an average of -$1.0 billion.
  • Year-over-year, Cash from Investing Activities plummeted 1907.89% in 2023 and 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 crashed 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAT's Cash from Investing Activities are -$1.8 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.9 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.3 billion (Q3 2025).