Caterpillar (CAT) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's EBT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 18.44% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 40.0% year-over-year to 18.44%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 17.22% (down 240.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 17.08%, down 356.0% from the prior year.
• EBT Margin was 18.44% for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, up from 15.82% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 22.36% in Q1 2024 to a low of 12.65% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, EBT Margin has averaged 18.02% across 5 years, with a median of 18.04% in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBT Margin slumped 592 bps in 2022, then surged 639 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 12.65% in 2022, then soared by 50 bps to 19.03% in 2023, then advanced by 5 bps to 20.0% in 2024, then declined by 21 bps to 15.82% in 2025, then climbed by 17 bps to 18.44% in 2026.
• The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 18.44% (Q1 2026), 15.82% (Q4 2025), and 17.73% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.