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

Caterpillar has reported Change in Inventory over the past 17 years, most recently at -$538.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Inventory at -$538.0 million for Q4 2025, down 46.59% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $1.5 billion (up 256.76% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $1.5 billion, up 256.76%.
  • Change in Inventory for Q4 2025 was -$538.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $376.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Inventory for CAT hit a ceiling of $1.4 billion in Q1 2023 and a floor of -$1.1 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was $415.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $371.5 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: surged 17033.33% in 2021 and later tumbled 227.62% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Change in Inventory stood at $391.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 227.62% to -$499.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 112.42% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 65.38% to -$367.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 46.59% to -$538.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were -$538.0 million (Q4 2025), $376.0 million (Q3 2025), and $649.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.