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Caterpillar (CAT) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of EBITDA Margin data on record, last reported at 13.9% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBITDA Margin fell 413.0% year-over-year to 13.9%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 16.5%, down 367.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 16.5%, 367.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin reached 13.9% in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from 17.3% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 22.27% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 10.12% in Q4 2022.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 16.61%, with a median of 17.24% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBITDA Margin: soared 824bps in 2023, then crashed -417bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 11.68% in 2021, then dropped by -13bps to 10.12% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 81bps to 18.36% in 2023, then dropped by -2bps to 18.03% in 2024, then fell by -23bps to 13.9% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBITDA Margin were 13.9% in Q4 2025, 17.3% in Q3 2025, and 17.26% in Q2 2025.