Caterpillar (CAT) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Change in Accured Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Change in Accured Expenses fell 467.17% year-over-year to -$1.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$1.2 billion (down 133.08% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$294.0 million, up 19.01% from the prior year.
• Change in Accured Expenses was -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, down from -$345.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Change in Accured Expenses ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q3 2023 to a low of -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026.
• Historically, Change in Accured Expenses has averaged -$52.6 million across 5 years, with a median of -$80.0 million in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2026: Change in Accured Expenses soared 746.07% in 2023, then tumbled 467.17% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Change in Accured Expenses shows it stood at $713.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 70.83% to $208.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 48.08% to $308.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 212.01% to -$345.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 225.51% to -$1.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Accured Expenses figures came in at -$1.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$345.0 million (Q4 2025), and $588.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.