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Caterpillar (CAT) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of EBT Margin data on record, last reported at 15.82% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, EBT Margin fell 418.0% year-over-year to 15.82%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 17.08%, down 356.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 17.08%, 356.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 15.82% in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from 17.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 22.36% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 12.65% in Q4 2022.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 17.61%, with a median of 17.39% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: soared 1019bps in 2021, then plummeted -592bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 18.57% in 2021, then crashed by -32bps to 12.65% in 2022, then soared by 50bps to 19.03% in 2023, then increased by 5bps to 20.0% in 2024, then decreased by -21bps to 15.82% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for EBT Margin were 15.82% in Q4 2025, 17.73% in Q3 2025, and 17.01% in Q2 2025.