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Caterpillar (CAT) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 12.55% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Net Margin at 12.55% for Q4 2025, down 466.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 13.14% (down 351.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 13.14%, down 351.0%.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 was 12.55% at Caterpillar, down from 13.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for CAT hit a ceiling of 18.08% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 8.76% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 13.38% (2025), compared with a mean of 13.85%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: surged 842bps in 2021 and later plummeted -660bps in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Net Margin stood at 15.36% in 2021, then tumbled by -43bps to 8.76% in 2022, then surged by 79bps to 15.68% in 2023, then grew by 10bps to 17.21% in 2024, then dropped by -27bps to 12.55% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Net Margin were 12.55% (Q4 2025), 13.04% (Q3 2025), and 13.15% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.