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Caterpillar (CAT) Interest Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Interest Expenses over the past 17 years, most recently at -$506.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Interest Expenses at -$506.0 million for Q4 2025, down 249.7% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $79.0 million (down 92.65% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $502.0 million, down 60.96%.
  • Interest Expenses for Q4 2025 was -$506.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $133.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Interest Expenses for CAT hit a ceiling of $338.0 million in Q4 2024 and a floor of -$506.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Interest Expenses over the past 5 years was $129.5 million (2025), compared with a mean of $136.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Interest Expenses: surged 246.32% in 2024 and later tumbled 249.7% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Interest Expenses stood at $103.0 million in 2021, then soared by 132.04% to $239.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 196.65% to -$231.0 million in 2023, then surged by 246.32% to $338.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 249.7% to -$506.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Interest Expenses were -$506.0 million (Q4 2025), $133.0 million (Q3 2025), and $126.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.