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Caterpillar (CAT) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Cash from Investing Activities over the past 17 years, most recently at -$1.9 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Cash from Investing Activities at -$1.9 billion for Q4 2025, down 14.01% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$4.7 billion (down 91.89% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$4.7 billion, down 91.89%.
  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q4 2025 was -$1.9 billion at Caterpillar, down from -$1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Cash from Investing Activities for CAT hit a ceiling of $958.0 million in Q1 2024 and a floor of -$3.4 billion in Q3 2023.
  • Median Cash from Investing Activities over the past 5 years was -$917.5 million (2021), compared with a mean of -$932.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cash from Investing Activities: plummeted 1907.89% in 2023 and later soared 240.26% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$992.0 million in 2021, then rose by 15.02% to -$843.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 34.28% to -$554.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 197.65% to -$1.6 billion in 2024, then fell by 14.01% to -$1.9 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Cash from Investing Activities were -$1.9 billion (Q4 2025), -$1.3 billion (Q3 2025), and -$1.3 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.