KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)
Growth Metrics

Caterpillar (CAT) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 30.45% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 30.45% for Q4 2025, down 590.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 33.79% (down 419.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 33.79%, down 419.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 30.45% at Caterpillar, down from 33.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CAT hit a ceiling of 39.18% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 27.5% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 34.3% (2025), compared with a mean of 33.81%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: surged 665bps in 2023 and later crashed -590bps in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Gross Margin stood at 27.5% in 2021, then rose by 9bps to 30.02% in 2022, then increased by 18bps to 35.47% in 2023, then rose by 2bps to 36.35% in 2024, then decreased by -16bps to 30.45% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 30.45% (Q4 2025), 33.82% (Q3 2025), and 34.78% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.