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Caterpillar (CAT) Total Debt (2016 - 2025)

Caterpillar has reported Total Debt over the past 17 years, most recently at $36.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Total Debt at $36.2 billion for Q4 2025, up 14.07% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $36.2 billion (up 14.07% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $36.2 billion, up 14.07%.
  • Total Debt for Q4 2025 was $36.2 billion at Caterpillar, up from $21.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Total Debt for CAT hit a ceiling of $36.2 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of $12.1 billion in Q1 2024.
  • Median Total Debt over the past 5 years was $19.5 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $21.3 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Total Debt: surged 322.43% in 2021 and later crashed 34.9% in 2023.
  • Caterpillar's Total Debt stood at $31.4 billion in 2021, then increased by 0.74% to $31.7 billion in 2022, then decreased by 8.07% to $29.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 9.03% to $31.7 billion in 2024, then grew by 14.07% to $36.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Total Debt were $36.2 billion (Q4 2025), $21.6 billion (Q3 2025), and $18.9 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.