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Caterpillar (CAT) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on record, last reported at 5.26 in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 160.77% year-over-year to 5.26; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 22.21, up 144.87%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 22.21, 118.53% up from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio reached 5.26 in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from 8.82 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 28.76 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 125.36 in Q4 2023.
  • Average Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years is 6.38, with a median of 12.55 recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Coverage Ratio: soared 113.67% in 2021, then tumbled 1883.4% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 14.38 in 2021, then tumbled by 51.13% to 7.03 in 2022, then crashed by 1883.4% to 125.36 in 2023, then surged by 106.9% to 8.65 in 2024, then plummeted by 160.77% to 5.26 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Interest Coverage Ratio were 5.26 in Q4 2025, 8.82 in Q3 2025, and 8.51 in Q2 2025.