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Caterpillar (CAT) Intangibles (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Intangibles over the past 17 years, most recently at $241.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Intangibles at $241.0 million for Q4 2025, down 39.6% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $241.0 million (down 39.6% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $241.0 million, down 39.6%.
  • Intangibles for Q4 2025 was $241.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $281.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Intangibles for CAT hit a ceiling of $1.2 billion in Q1 2021 and a floor of $241.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Intangibles over the past 5 years was $617.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $677.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Intangibles: dropped 15.7% in 2021 and later plummeted 39.6% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Intangibles stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then decreased by 27.26% to $758.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 25.59% to $564.0 million in 2023, then fell by 29.26% to $399.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 39.6% to $241.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Intangibles were $241.0 million (Q4 2025), $281.0 million (Q3 2025), and $321.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.