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

Caterpillar has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.39 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.39 for Q4 2025, up 689.72% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.31 (up 25.91% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.31, up 25.91%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.39 at Caterpillar, up from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for CAT hit a ceiling of 0.62 in Q1 2025 and a floor of 1.55 in Q3 2024.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.15 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.01.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 2397.13% in 2024 and later soared 689.72% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.06 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 345.74% to 0.27 in 2022, then crashed by 31.34% to 0.18 in 2023, then tumbled by 72.98% to 0.05 in 2024, then soared by 689.72% to 0.39 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.39 (Q4 2025), 0.18 (Q3 2025), and 0.32 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.