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Caterpillar (CAT) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 9.36% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 9.36% for Q4 2025, down 7465.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 13.19% (down 348.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 13.19%, down 348.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 9.36% at Caterpillar, down from 22.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for CAT hit a ceiling of 84.01% in Q4 2024 and a floor of 60.05% in Q3 2021.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 13.17% (2025), compared with a mean of 13.43%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: skyrocketed 7539bps in 2022 and later tumbled -7465bps in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's FCF Margin stood at 71.91% in 2021, then plummeted by -81bps to 13.88% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 51bps to 20.99% in 2023, then soared by 300bps to 84.01% in 2024, then tumbled by -89bps to 9.36% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 9.36% (Q4 2025), 22.57% (Q3 2025), and 12.46% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.