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Caterpillar (CAT) Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) over the past 17 years, most recently at $470.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) at $470.0 million for Q4 2025, down 3.43% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $470.0 million (down 3.43% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $470.0 million, down 3.43%.
  • Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) for Q4 2025 was $470.0 million at Caterpillar, roughly flat from $471.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) for CAT hit a ceiling of $547.1 million in Q2 2021 and a floor of $470.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) over the past 5 years was $513.6 million (2023), compared with a mean of $510.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average): grew 1.03% in 2021 and later fell 4.68% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) stood at $544.0 million in 2021, then dropped by 3.14% to $526.9 million in 2022, then decreased by 3.09% to $510.6 million in 2023, then decreased by 4.68% to $486.7 million in 2024, then decreased by 3.43% to $470.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Shares Outstanding (Weighted Average) were $470.0 million (Q4 2025), $471.3 million (Q3 2025), and $472.4 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.