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Caterpillar (CAT) Short-Term Debt issuances (2016 - 2026)

Caterpillar's Short-Term Debt issuances history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at -$808.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Short-Term Debt issuances rose 13.49% to -$808.0 million in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.2 billion through Mar 2026, up 2469.23% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.1 billion for FY2025, 758.33% up from the prior year.
  • Short-Term Debt issuances came in at -$808.0 million for Q1 2026, down from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Short-Term Debt issuances ranged from a high of $1.7 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of -$1.5 billion in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Short-Term Debt issuances is -$103.0 million (2023), against an average of -$47.8 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Short-Term Debt issuances was 673.27% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 919.42% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Short-Term Debt issuances stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then crashed by 77.76% to $381.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 78.48% to $680.0 million in 2024, then soared by 47.06% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then crashed by 180.8% to -$808.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAT's Short-Term Debt issuances are -$808.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $34.0 million (Q3 2025).