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Caterpillar (CAT) Change in Cash (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Change in Cash over the past 17 years, most recently at $2.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Cash at $2.4 billion for Q4 2025, up 95.2% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $3.1 billion (up 3571.91% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $3.1 billion, up 3571.91%.
  • Change in Cash for Q4 2025 was $2.4 billion at Caterpillar, up from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Cash for CAT hit a ceiling of $2.4 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of -$3.3 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Change in Cash over the past 5 years was $73.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $31.0 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Cash: surged 453.76% in 2022 and later tumbled 830.88% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Change in Cash stood at -$186.0 million in 2021, then surged by 453.76% to $658.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 35.41% to $425.0 million in 2023, then surged by 194.35% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 95.2% to $2.4 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Cash were $2.4 billion (Q4 2025), $2.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.9 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.