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Caterpillar (CAT) Net Income (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Net Income over the past 17 years, most recently at $2.3 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Net Income at $2.3 billion for Q4 2025, down 16.76% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $8.8 billion (down 18.35% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $8.8 billion, down 18.35%.
  • Net Income for Q4 2025 was $2.3 billion at Caterpillar, up from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Income for CAT hit a ceiling of $2.9 billion in Q2 2023 and a floor of $1.4 billion in Q2 2021.
  • Median Net Income over the past 5 years was $2.2 billion (2021), compared with a mean of $2.1 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Income: skyrocketed 210.42% in 2021 and later plummeted 31.79% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Net Income stood at $2.1 billion in 2021, then crashed by 31.79% to $1.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 82.96% to $2.7 billion in 2023, then grew by 4.43% to $2.8 billion in 2024, then decreased by 16.76% to $2.3 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Net Income were $2.3 billion (Q4 2025), $2.3 billion (Q3 2025), and $2.2 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.