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Caterpillar (CAT) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Change in Inventory history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 51.62% to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.0 billion through Mar 2026, up 106.01% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.5 billion for FY2025, 256.76% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory came in at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026, up from -$538.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of -$1.1 billion in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $376.0 million (2025), against an average of $373.2 million.
  • Year-over-year, Change in Inventory tumbled 227.62% in 2022 and then soared 218.14% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Change in Inventory stood at -$499.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 112.42% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then surged by 65.38% to -$367.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 46.59% to -$538.0 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 379.0% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAT's Change in Inventory are $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), -$538.0 million (Q4 2025), and $376.0 million (Q3 2025).