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Caterpillar (CAT) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Equity Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.22 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Equity Ratio at 0.22 for Q4 2025, down 2.65% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.22 (down 2.65% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.22, down 2.65%.
  • Equity Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.22 at Caterpillar, down from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Equity Ratio for CAT hit a ceiling of 0.24 in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.19 in Q3 2022.
  • Median Equity Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.21 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.21.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Equity Ratio: decreased 6.57% in 2022 and later grew 22.37% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Equity Ratio stood at 0.2 in 2021, then dropped by 2.79% to 0.19 in 2022, then rose by 14.97% to 0.22 in 2023, then fell by 0.37% to 0.22 in 2024, then fell by 2.65% to 0.22 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Equity Ratio were 0.22 (Q4 2025), 0.22 (Q3 2025), and 0.21 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.