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Caterpillar (CAT) Shares Outstanding (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Shares Outstanding over the past 17 years, most recently at $814.9 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Shares Outstanding at $814.9 million for Q4 2025, changed 0.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $814.9 million (changed 0.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $814.9 million, changed 0.0%.
  • Shares Outstanding for Q4 2025 was $814.9 million at Caterpillar, up from $468.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Shares Outstanding for CAT hit a ceiling of $814.9 million in Q1 2022 and a floor of $468.0 million in Q3 2025.
  • Median Shares Outstanding over the past 5 years was $547.6 million (2021), compared with a mean of $646.6 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Shares Outstanding: tumbled 40.5% in 2024 and later surged 66.54% in 2025.
  • Caterpillar's Shares Outstanding stood at $535.9 million in 2021, then fell by 3.66% to $516.3 million in 2022, then decreased by 3.27% to $499.4 million in 2023, then soared by 63.17% to $814.9 million in 2024, then changed by 0.0% to $814.9 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Shares Outstanding were $814.9 million (Q4 2025), $814.9 million (Q3 2025), and $468.5 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.