Caterpillar (CAT) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Interest Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $227.0 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Interest Expenses fell 30.37% year-over-year to $227.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.1 billion (up 17.01% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.8 billion, up 5.98% from the prior year.
• Interest Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $227.0 million, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Interest Expenses was $1.2 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at $108.0 million in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $253.0 million (2024), against an average of $378.3 million.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Interest Expenses soared 1150.98% in 2022, then tumbled 40.0% in 2024.
• Caterpillar's Interest Expenses stood at $638.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 15.36% to $540.0 million in 2023, then soared by 110.74% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then grew by 6.33% to $1.2 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 81.24% to $227.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAT's Interest Expenses at $227.0 million in Q1 2026, $1.2 billion in Q4 2025, and $346.0 million in Q3 2025.