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 was $1.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, 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.
• Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $373.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $376.0 million in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Change in Inventory tumbled 227.62% in 2022, then jumped 218.14% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it stood at -$499.0 million in 2022, then sank by 112.42% to -$1.1 billion in 2023, then soared by 65.38% to -$367.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 46.59% to -$538.0 million in 2025, then surged by 379.0% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
• The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), -$538.0 million (Q4 2025), and $376.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.