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Caterpillar (CAT) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.36% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 9.0% year-over-year to 0.36%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.36%, down 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.33%, 10.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.36% in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from 0.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.5% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.37%, with a median of 0.4% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: decreased -9bps in 2021, then grew 16bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.28% in 2021, then increased by 14bps to 0.32% in 2022, then grew by 30bps to 0.42% in 2023, then rose by 7bps to 0.45% in 2024, then dropped by -20bps to 0.36% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.36% in Q4 2025, 0.46% in Q3 2025, and 0.5% in Q2 2025.