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Caterpillar (CAT) Raw Materials (2016 - 2018)

Caterpillar has reported Raw Materials over the past 10 years, most recently at $232.0 million for Q4 2018.

  • Quarterly results put Raw Materials at $232.0 million for Q4 2018, down 91.72% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2018 was $232.0 million (down 91.72% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2018 was $232.0 million, down 91.72%.
  • Raw Materials for Q4 2018 was $232.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $2.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Raw Materials for CAT hit a ceiling of $3.1 billion in Q2 2014 and a floor of $217.0 million in Q4 2016.
  • Median Raw Materials over the past 5 years was $2.4 billion (2016), compared with a mean of $1.6 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Raw Materials: crashed 91.74% in 2016 and later skyrocketed 1191.24% in 2017.
  • Caterpillar's Raw Materials stood at $260.0 million in 2014, then surged by 848.85% to $2.5 billion in 2015, then plummeted by 91.2% to $217.0 million in 2016, then skyrocketed by 1191.24% to $2.8 billion in 2017, then tumbled by 91.72% to $232.0 million in 2018.
  • The last three reported values for Raw Materials were $232.0 million (Q4 2018), $2.8 billion (Q4 2017), and $217.0 million (Q4 2016) per Business Quant data.