Caterpillar Inc (CAT) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar (CAT) has reported FCF Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 8.88% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 482.0% year-over-year to 8.88%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.97% (down 116.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 13.19%, down 348.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin came in at 8.88% for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, down from 14.08% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Margin was 22.44% in Q3 2023, with the low at 0.15% in Q1 2022.
• Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 13.9%, with a median of 14.48% recorded in 2024.
• The largest YoY upside for FCF Margin was 9057 bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of 4055 bps in 2022.
• Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 13.92% in 2022, then soared by 50 bps to 20.91% in 2023, then slipped by 10 bps to 18.87% in 2024, then dropped by 25 bps to 14.08% in 2025, then plunged by 37 bps to 8.88% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 8.88%, 14.08%, and 17.46% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.