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

Caterpillar's Change in Inventory history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Change in Inventory rose 51.62% year-over-year to $1.5 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.0 billion (up 106.01% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.5 billion, up 256.76% from the prior year.
• Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 stood at $1.5 billion, up from -$538.0 million in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Change in Inventory was $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, with the low at -$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.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Change in Inventory slumped 227.62% in 2022, then soared 218.14% in 2025.
• Caterpillar's Change in Inventory stood at -$499.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 112.42% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then surged by 65.38% to -$367.0 million in 2024, then sank by 46.59% to -$538.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 379.0% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAT's Change in Inventory at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026, -$538.0 million in Q4 2025, and $376.0 million in Q3 2025.