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Caterpillar (CAT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Caterpillar's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.45 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 60.96% to 0.45 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.28 through Mar 2026, up 0.65% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.31 for FY2025, 25.91% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.45 for Q1 2026, up from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.16 in Q1 2025 to a low of 29.75 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.26 (2025), against an average of 1.44.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 573.68% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 8972.06% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2022, then tumbled by 30.86% to 0.19 in 2023, then grew by 19.84% to 0.22 in 2024, then grew by 17.93% to 0.26 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 73.34% to 0.45 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAT's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.45 (Q1 2026), 0.26 (Q4 2025), and 0.23 (Q3 2025).