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

Caterpillar (CAT) has 17 years of Times Interest Earned data on record, last reported at -$5.26 in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Times Interest Earned fell 160.77% year-over-year to -$5.26; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $22.21, up 144.87%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $22.21, 118.53% up from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned reached -$5.26 in Q4 2025 per CAT's latest filing, down from $8.82 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $28.76 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$125.36 in Q4 2023.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is $6.38, with a median of $12.55 recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Times Interest Earned: soared 113.67% in 2021, then tumbled 1883.4% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Times Interest Earned shows it stood at $14.38 in 2021, then tumbled by 51.13% to $7.03 in 2022, then crashed by 1883.4% to -$125.36 in 2023, then surged by 106.9% to $8.65 in 2024, then plummeted by 160.77% to -$5.26 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Times Interest Earned were -$5.26 in Q4 2025, $8.82 in Q3 2025, and $8.51 in Q2 2025.