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Caterpillar (CAT) Short term Debt (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Short term Debt over the past 17 years, most recently at $5.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Short term Debt at $5.5 billion for Q4 2025, up 25.52% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $5.5 billion (up 25.52% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $5.5 billion, up 25.52%.
  • Short term Debt for Q4 2025 was $5.5 billion at Caterpillar, up from $4.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Short term Debt for CAT hit a ceiling of $9.3 billion in Q1 2025 and a floor of $120.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Median Short term Debt over the past 5 years was $5.0 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $5.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short term Debt: tumbled 96.3% in 2022 and later surged 769.17% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Short term Debt stood at $5.4 billion in 2021, then rose by 10.23% to $6.0 billion in 2022, then decreased by 22.06% to $4.6 billion in 2023, then decreased by 5.38% to $4.4 billion in 2024, then grew by 25.52% to $5.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Short term Debt were $5.5 billion (Q4 2025), $4.5 billion (Q3 2025), and $8.3 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.