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

Caterpillar has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.33% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.33% for Q4 2025, down 8.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.33% (down 8.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.33%, down 10.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.33% at Caterpillar, down from 0.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for CAT hit a ceiling of 0.49% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.2% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.34% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.34%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: rose 16bps in 2024 and later decreased -12bps in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.26% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.32% in 2022, then soared by 39bps to 0.45% in 2023, then decreased by -9bps to 0.41% in 2024, then dropped by -20bps to 0.33% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.33% (Q4 2025), 0.34% (Q3 2025), and 0.34% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.