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Caterpillar (CAT) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Debt Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.37 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Debt Ratio at 0.37 for Q4 2025, up 1.55% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.37 (up 1.55% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.37, up 1.55%.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.37 at Caterpillar, up from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for CAT hit a ceiling of 0.39 in Q4 2022 and a floor of 0.14 in Q1 2024.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.22 (2021), compared with a mean of 0.25.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: surged 297.13% in 2021 and later tumbled 38.19% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Debt Ratio stood at 0.38 in 2021, then grew by 1.79% to 0.39 in 2022, then decreased by 13.89% to 0.33 in 2023, then grew by 8.67% to 0.36 in 2024, then increased by 1.55% to 0.37 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.37 (Q4 2025), 0.23 (Q3 2025), and 0.21 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.