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Caterpillar (CAT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 13.9% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 13.9% for Q4 2025, down 413.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 16.5% (down 367.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 16.5%, down 367.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 13.9% at Caterpillar, down from 17.3% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CAT hit a ceiling of 22.27% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 10.12% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 17.24% (2023), compared with a mean of 16.61%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: surged 824bps in 2023 and later tumbled -417bps in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Operating Margin stood at 11.68% in 2021, then decreased by -13bps to 10.12% in 2022, then surged by 81bps to 18.36% in 2023, then decreased by -2bps to 18.03% in 2024, then dropped by -23bps to 13.9% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 13.9% (Q4 2025), 17.3% (Q3 2025), and 17.26% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.