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Caterpillar (CAT) Profit After Tax (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Profit After Tax data on record, last reported at $2.4 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Profit After Tax fell 12.31% year-over-year to $2.4 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $8.9 billion, down 17.33%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $8.9 billion, 17.33% down from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax reached $2.4 billion in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, up from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $2.9 billion in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $1.4 billion in Q2 2021.
  • Average Profit After Tax over 5 years is $2.2 billion, with a median of $2.2 billion recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Profit After Tax: soared 213.53% in 2021, then crashed 30.9% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Profit After Tax shows it stood at $2.1 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 30.9% to $1.5 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 77.07% to $2.6 billion in 2023, then grew by 5.86% to $2.8 billion in 2024, then dropped by 12.31% to $2.4 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Profit After Tax were $2.4 billion in Q4 2025, $2.3 billion in Q3 2025, and $2.2 billion in Q2 2025.