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Caterpillar (CAT) Short term Debt (2016 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Short term Debt history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at $35.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Short term Debt rose 20.69% to $35.0 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $35.0 million through Mar 2026, up 20.69% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $35.0 million for FY2025, 99.2% down from the prior year.
  • Short term Debt came in at $35.0 million for Q1 2026, roughly flat from $35.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short term Debt ranged from a high of $8.4 billion in Q1 2024 to a low of $3.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Short term Debt is $4.1 billion (2024), against an average of $3.4 billion.
  • Year-over-year, Short term Debt crashed 99.91% in 2022 and then soared 253866.67% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Short term Debt stood at $6.0 billion in 2022, then fell by 22.06% to $4.6 billion in 2023, then fell by 5.38% to $4.4 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 99.2% to $35.0 million in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to $35.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAT's Short term Debt are $35.0 million (Q1 2026), $35.0 million (Q4 2025), and $32.0 million (Q3 2025).