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Caterpillar (CAT) Short-Term Debt issuances (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Short-Term Debt issuances over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.0 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Short-Term Debt issuances at $1.0 billion for Q4 2025, up 47.06% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $1.1 billion (up 758.33% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $1.1 billion, up 758.33%.
  • Short-Term Debt issuances for Q4 2025 was $1.0 billion at Caterpillar, up from $34.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Short-Term Debt issuances for CAT hit a ceiling of $2.2 billion in Q4 2021 and a floor of -$1.5 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Median Short-Term Debt issuances over the past 5 years was -$34.5 million (2023), compared with a mean of $174.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-Term Debt issuances: skyrocketed 4247.5% in 2021 and later tumbled 919.42% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Short-Term Debt issuances stood at $2.2 billion in 2021, then dropped by 20.84% to $1.7 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 77.76% to $381.0 million in 2023, then soared by 78.48% to $680.0 million in 2024, then surged by 47.06% to $1.0 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Short-Term Debt issuances were $1.0 billion (Q4 2025), $34.0 million (Q3 2025), and $1.0 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.