Caterpillar Inc (CAT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar (CAT) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.45 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 60.96% year-over-year to 0.45; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.28 (up 0.65% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.31, up 25.91% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.45 for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, up from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.16 in Q1 2025, with the low at 29.75 in Q1 2022.
• Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 1.44, with a median of 0.26 recorded in 2025.
• The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 573.68% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 8972.06% in 2022.
• Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2022, then plunged by 30.86% to 0.19 in 2023, then advanced by 19.84% to 0.22 in 2024, then increased by 17.93% to 0.26 in 2025, then surged by 73.34% to 0.45 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.45, 0.26, and 0.23 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.