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

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Change in Inventory data on record, last reported at -$538.0 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Change in Inventory fell 46.59% year-over-year to -$538.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $1.5 billion, up 256.76%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $1.5 billion, 256.76% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory reached -$538.0 million in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from $376.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $1.4 billion in Q1 2023 and bottomed at -$1.1 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Average Change in Inventory over 5 years is $371.5 million, with a median of $415.0 million recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Inventory: soared 17033.33% in 2021, then crashed 227.62% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at $391.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 227.62% to -$499.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 112.42% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then soared by 65.38% to -$367.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 46.59% to -$538.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Change in Inventory were -$538.0 million in Q4 2025, $376.0 million in Q3 2025, and $649.0 million in Q2 2025.