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Caterpillar (CAT) Change in Account Payables (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Change in Account Payables over the past 17 years, most recently at $93.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Account Payables at $93.0 million for Q4 2025, up 150.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $1.2 billion (up 518.09% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $1.2 billion, up 518.09%.
  • Change in Account Payables for Q4 2025 was $93.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $113.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Account Payables for CAT hit a ceiling of $809.0 million in Q4 2021 and a floor of -$566.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • Median Change in Account Payables over the past 5 years was $136.5 million (2021), compared with a mean of $149.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Account Payables: surged 714.44% in 2021 and later crashed 1950.0% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Change in Account Payables stood at $809.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 98.52% to $12.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 1950.0% to -$222.0 million in 2023, then grew by 16.22% to -$186.0 million in 2024, then surged by 150.0% to $93.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Account Payables were $93.0 million (Q4 2025), $113.0 million (Q3 2025), and $572.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.