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Caterpillar (CAT) EPS (Basic) (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported EPS (Basic) over the past 17 years, most recently at $5.14 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put EPS (Basic) at $5.14 for Q4 2025, down 11.53% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $18.91 (down 14.74% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $18.9, down 14.75%.
  • EPS (Basic) for Q4 2025 was $5.14 at Caterpillar, up from $4.91 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EPS (Basic) for CAT hit a ceiling of $5.81 in Q4 2024 and a floor of $2.58 in Q2 2021.
  • Median EPS (Basic) over the past 5 years was $4.43 (2025), compared with a mean of $4.3.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EPS (Basic): skyrocketed 207.14% in 2021 and later fell 28.5% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's EPS (Basic) stood at $3.93 in 2021, then dropped by 28.5% to $2.81 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 88.97% to $5.31 in 2023, then increased by 9.42% to $5.81 in 2024, then dropped by 11.53% to $5.14 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for EPS (Basic) were $5.14 (Q4 2025), $4.91 (Q3 2025), and $4.64 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.