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

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on record, last reported at -$1.9 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Cash from Investing Activities fell 14.01% year-over-year to -$1.9 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$4.7 billion, down 91.89%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$4.7 billion, 91.89% down from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities reached -$1.9 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from -$1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at $958.0 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$3.4 billion in Q3 2023.
  • Average Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years is -$932.8 million, with a median of -$917.5 million recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Cash from Investing Activities: tumbled 1907.89% in 2023, then skyrocketed 240.26% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$992.0 million in 2021, then increased by 15.02% to -$843.0 million in 2022, then soared by 34.28% to -$554.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 197.65% to -$1.6 billion in 2024, then decreased by 14.01% to -$1.9 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Cash from Investing Activities were -$1.9 billion in Q4 2025, -$1.3 billion in Q3 2025, and -$1.3 billion in Q2 2025.