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Caterpillar (CAT) Net Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Net Cash Flow data on record, last reported at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Net Cash Flow rose 86.8% year-over-year to $2.5 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $3.1 billion, up 18329.41%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $3.1 billion, 18329.41% up from the prior year.
  • Net Cash Flow reached $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, up from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Cash Flow topped out at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$3.4 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Average Net Cash Flow over 5 years is $55.1 million, with a median of $119.0 million recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Net Cash Flow: tumbled 4250.0% in 2021, then soared 565.66% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Net Cash Flow shows it stood at -$166.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 565.66% to $773.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 46.18% to $416.0 million in 2023, then surged by 216.83% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 86.8% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Net Cash Flow were $2.5 billion in Q4 2025, $2.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $1.9 billion in Q2 2025.