Caterpillar (CAT) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Profit After Tax history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.5 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Profit After Tax rose 27.21% year-over-year to $2.5 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $9.3 billion (down 5.9% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $8.8 billion, down 18.35% from the prior year.
• Profit After Tax was $2.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Caterpillar, up from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Profit After Tax ranged from a high of $2.9 billion in Q2 2023 to a low of $1.5 billion in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Profit After Tax has averaged $2.3 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.3 billion in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Profit After Tax plunged 30.35% in 2022, then soared 83.71% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Profit After Tax shows it stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 83.71% to $2.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 2.73% to $2.7 billion in 2024, then fell by 16.53% to $2.3 billion in 2025, then climbed by 11.17% to $2.5 billion in 2026.
• The last three Profit After Tax figures came in at $2.5 billion (Q1 2026), $2.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.