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Caterpillar (CAT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on record, last reported at 0.06 in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 198.42% year-over-year to 0.06; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.31, up 139.31%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.31, 139.31% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.06 in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, up from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.62 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 1.06 in Q4 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.16, with a median of 0.21 recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 275.22% in 2022, then surged 323.89% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.6 in 2021, then plummeted by 275.22% to 1.06 in 2022, then surged by 118.05% to 0.19 in 2023, then tumbled by 132.02% to 0.06 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 198.42% to 0.06 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.06 in Q4 2025, 0.12 in Q3 2025, and 0.32 in Q2 2025.