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Caterpillar (CAT) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Return on Equity over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.42% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.42% for Q4 2025, down 13.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.42% (down 13.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.43%, down 12.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.42% at Caterpillar, down from 0.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for CAT hit a ceiling of 0.63% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 0.21% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.46% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.45%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 19bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -15bps in 2021.
  • Caterpillar's Return on Equity stood at 0.39% in 2021, then increased by 9bps to 0.42% in 2022, then grew by 21bps to 0.51% in 2023, then grew by 8bps to 0.55% in 2024, then fell by -24bps to 0.42% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.42% (Q4 2025), 0.47% (Q3 2025), and 0.51% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.