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Caterpillar (CAT) Times Interest Earned (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Times Interest Earned over the past 17 years, most recently at -$5.26 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Times Interest Earned at -$5.26 for Q4 2025, down 160.77% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $141.15 (up 1060.79% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $22.21, up 118.53%.
  • Times Interest Earned for Q4 2025 was -$5.26 at Caterpillar, down from $22.95 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Times Interest Earned for CAT hit a ceiling of $25.18 in Q3 2024 and a floor of -$13.57 in Q4 2023.
  • Median Times Interest Earned over the past 5 years was $14.71 (2021), compared with a mean of $12.5.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Times Interest Earned: tumbled 293.01% in 2023 and later surged 163.76% in 2024.
  • Caterpillar's Times Interest Earned stood at $15.64 in 2021, then crashed by 55.06% to $7.03 in 2022, then crashed by 293.01% to -$13.57 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 163.76% to $8.65 in 2024, then tumbled by 160.77% to -$5.26 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Times Interest Earned were -$5.26 (Q4 2025), $22.95 (Q3 2025), and $22.7 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.