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Caterpillar (CAT) Shares Repurchased (2017 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Shares Repurchased over the past 12 years, most recently at $340.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Shares Repurchased at $340.0 million for Q4 2025, down 46.88% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $5.2 billion (down 24.53% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $5.2 billion, down 32.57%.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q4 2025 was $340.0 million at Caterpillar, down from $362.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Shares Repurchased for CAT hit a ceiling of $4.5 billion in Q1 2024 and a floor of $251.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • Median Shares Repurchased over the past 5 years was $1.0 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $1.3 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Shares Repurchased hit 1013.75% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 76.86% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Shares Repurchased stood at $1.0 billion in 2021, then decreased by 11.95% to $921.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 200.33% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then crashed by 76.86% to $640.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 46.88% to $340.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Shares Repurchased were $340.0 million (Q4 2025), $362.0 million (Q3 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.