Caterpillar (CAT) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Change in Cash history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$5.9 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Change in Cash fell 77.58% year-over-year to -$5.9 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $508.0 million (up 136.36% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $3.1 billion, up 3571.91% from the prior year.
• Change in Cash was -$5.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, down from $2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $2.4 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$5.9 billion in Q1 2026.
• Historically, Change in Cash has averaged -$305.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $332.0 million in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Change in Cash soared 453.76% in 2022, then tumbled 830.88% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at $658.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 35.41% to $425.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 194.35% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then surged by 95.2% to $2.4 billion in 2025, then slumped by 342.01% to -$5.9 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Cash figures came in at -$5.9 billion (Q1 2026), $2.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.