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Caterpillar (CAT) Pension (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Pension over the past 17 years, most recently at $3.8 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Pension at $3.8 billion for Q4 2025, up 2.16% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $3.8 billion (up 2.16% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $3.8 billion, up 2.16%.
  • Pension for Q4 2025 was $3.8 billion at Caterpillar, up from $3.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Pension for CAT hit a ceiling of $6.7 billion in Q1 2021 and a floor of $3.6 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Median Pension over the past 5 years was $4.1 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $4.6 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Pension: rose 5.76% in 2021 and later decreased 24.84% in 2022.
  • Caterpillar's Pension stood at $5.6 billion in 2021, then decreased by 24.84% to $4.2 billion in 2022, then dropped by 2.5% to $4.1 billion in 2023, then dropped by 8.32% to $3.8 billion in 2024, then grew by 2.16% to $3.8 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Pension were $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), $3.7 billion (Q3 2025), and $3.6 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.