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

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 0.42% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 13.0% year-over-year to 0.42%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.42%, down 13.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.43%, 12.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.42% in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from 0.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.63% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.21% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.45%, with a median of 0.46% recorded in 2023.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Equity: up 19bps in 2021, down -15bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.39% in 2021, then grew by 9bps to 0.42% in 2022, then rose by 21bps to 0.51% in 2023, then rose by 8bps to 0.55% in 2024, then decreased by -24bps to 0.42% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 0.42% in Q4 2025, 0.47% in Q3 2025, and 0.51% in Q2 2025.