Caterpillar (CAT) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Invested Capital history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $4.7 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Invested Capital fell 49.07% year-over-year to $4.7 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $19.5 billion (down 11.51% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $5.5 billion, up 25.52% from the prior year.
• Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at $4.7 billion, down from $5.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Invested Capital was $9.3 billion in Q1 2025, with the low at $30.0 million in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Invested Capital is $5.1 billion (2025), against an average of $5.1 billion.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Invested Capital soared 6450.81% in 2023, then plunged 99.45% in 2024.
• Caterpillar's Invested Capital stood at $6.0 billion in 2022, then fell by 22.06% to $4.6 billion in 2023, then slipped by 5.38% to $4.4 billion in 2024, then increased by 25.52% to $5.5 billion in 2025, then declined by 14.24% to $4.7 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAT's Invested Capital at $4.7 billion in Q1 2026, $5.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $9.3 billion in Q3 2025.