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

Caterpillar has reported Change in Receivables over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.4 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Receivables at $1.4 billion for Q4 2025, up 938.46% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.1 billion (up 1236.25% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.1 billion, up 1236.25%.
  • Change in Receivables for Q4 2025 was $1.4 billion at Caterpillar, up from $469.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Receivables for CAT hit a ceiling of $1.4 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of -$655.0 million in Q2 2022.
  • Median Change in Receivables over the past 5 years was $133.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $210.7 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Receivables: soared 2909.68% in 2021 and later plummeted 382.35% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Change in Receivables stood at $933.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 37.3% to $585.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 79.83% to $118.0 million in 2023, then increased by 10.17% to $130.0 million in 2024, then surged by 938.46% to $1.4 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Receivables were $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), $469.0 million (Q3 2025), and $474.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.