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Caterpillar (CAT) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on record, last reported at $11.7 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 205.49% year-over-year to $11.7 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $8.9 billion, up 364.32%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $8.9 billion, 364.32% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached $11.7 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, up from -$6.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $11.7 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$11.1 billion in Q4 2024.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $873.2 million, with a median of $1.7 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: tumbled 485.87% in 2022, then skyrocketed 691.64% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $992.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 159.07% to -$586.0 million in 2022, then surged by 691.64% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 420.82% to -$11.1 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 205.49% to $11.7 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Free Cash Flow were $11.7 billion in Q4 2025, -$6.0 billion in Q3 2025, and $2.1 billion in Q2 2025.