CAT
Caterpillar Inc
821.60$
+2.0%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Sep 25, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51.5 | – | – | 603.8 | 84.8 | 124.7 | 40.2 | 26.2 | 24.1 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 16.6 | 24.6 | 33.4 | 37.2 | 27.4 | 20.4 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 14.1 | 11.7 | 18.6 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 19.4 | 24.3 | 30.3 | 35.0 | 45.5 | |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.6 | |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 17.7 | 25.4 | |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 7.1 | |
| 17.3 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 23.1 | 20.1 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 17.6 | 20.3 | 23.7 | 30.5 | |
| 20.8 | 20.2 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 27.9 | 35.6 | 38.6 | 41.8 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 17.1 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 23.7 | 40.8 | 31.3 | 23.0 | 27.3 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 16.2 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 23.6 | 29.7 | 36.1 | 41.8 | 54.8 | |
| 4.8% | 5.0% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 1.8% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.1% | 25.0% | 25.7% | 26.5% | 27.7% | 30.0% | 30.7% | 31.2% | 31.3% | 31.1% | 31.0% | 30.6% | 30.4% | 30.5% | 30.1% | 29.6% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 29.4% | 30.0% | 30.2% | 29.4% | 28.8% | 28.6% | 29.0% | 29.5% | 31.0% | 32.4% | 33.5% | 34.7% | 35.2% | 35.8% | 35.8% | 36.0% | 35.5% | 34.3% | 33.9% | 32.3% | 32.5% | 33.9% | |
| 4.1% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 9.3% | 12.3% | 13.6% | 14.2% | 15.2% | 15.2% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 15.4% | 14.7% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 13.0% | 13.7% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 13.1% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 17.3% | 19.3% | 20.5% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 20.2% | 19.2% | 18.3% | 17.7% | 16.6% | 16.6% | 17.5% | |
| 2.5% | -0.2% | -0.4% | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 6.1% | 7.1% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 8.0% | 9.6% | 10.6% | 12.7% | 12.3% | 12.5% | 13.0% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% | 15.4% | 16.8% | 16.6% | 16.3% | 16.7% | 15.7% | 14.9% | 14.3% | 13.1% | 13.3% | 14.5% | |
| 6.3% | 7.0% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 10.5% | 7.4% | 5.2% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 10.0% | 10.1% | 11.8% | 12.3% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 9.3% | 10.3% | 12.1% | 14.6% | 15.4% | 15.1% | 14.6% | 13.6% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 11.0% | 11.2% | 12.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.5% | -0.5% | -1.1% | 0.8% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 14.6% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 43.8% | 41.2% | 42.3% | 40.4% | 41.8% | 37.4% | 30.2% | 22.2% | 19.6% | 20.7% | 26.1% | 30.9% | 39.4% | 38.1% | 43.0% | 47.3% | 42.3% | 39.2% | 45.8% | 44.5% | 53.0% | 63.8% | 64.3% | 55.0% | 55.4% | 55.0% | 50.6% | 44.8% | 41.6% | 50.5% | 55.9% | |
| 1.3% | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 7.8% | 7.0% | 5.4% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 8.2% | 8.5% | 9.8% | 10.5% | 11.8% | 13.4% | 13.2% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 9.0% | 9.9% | 10.6% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30,997 | 29,615 | 28,810 | 26,960 | 26,333 | 26,617 | 27,427 | 27,515 | 27,727 | 28,663 | 28,624 | 28,819 | 29,970 | 29,365 | 29,963 | 29,831 | 28,807 | 27,811 | 26,829 | 26,518 | 27,338 | 28,535 | 31,058 | 30,948 | 30,179 | 29,989 | 30,249 | 30,312 | 30,594 | 30,961 | 32,894 | 32,970 | 32,263 | 31,623 | 35,026 | 35,306 | 33,996 | 33,350 | 38,994 | 38,433 | |
| 6.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | |
| 20.5% | 17.6% | 17.5% | 17.8% | 19.9% | 17.8% | 19.5% | 18.8% | 20.3% | 17.9% | 19.6% | 18.7% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 17.9% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 20.5% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 19.9% | 20.7% | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.4% | 21.7% | 21.3% | 23.6% | 22.3% | 21.1% | 20.6% | 22.5% | 22.2% | 21.3% | 20.7% | 22.0% | 21.6% | 19.5% | 18.9% | |
| 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.72 | -0.11 | -0.25 | 0.18 | 1.47 | 1.26 | 3.66 | 5.18 | 6.34 | 10.46 | 10.99 | 10.95 | 10.77 | 10.96 | 9.62 | 7.61 | 6.07 | 5.46 | 6.23 | 7.95 | 9.40 | 11.96 | 12.07 | 12.65 | 13.97 | 12.87 | 13.69 | 16.23 | 17.78 | 20.38 | 22.64 | 22.49 | 21.94 | 22.17 | 20.83 | 20.01 | 19.68 | 18.92 | 20.22 | 23.42 | |
| 67.83 | 65.79 | 65.57 | 66.99 | 70.22 | 76.23 | 79.77 | 84.71 | 88.88 | 93.13 | 95.59 | 97.28 | 98.00 | 96.75 | 92.49 | 85.46 | 79.90 | 75.97 | 77.98 | 83.12 | 88.40 | 93.94 | 97.85 | 101.16 | 107.33 | 114.09 | 118.79 | 125.77 | 129.90 | 132.27 | 134.83 | 135.58 | 134.92 | 133.16 | 132.59 | 133.91 | 137.36 | 144.11 | 151.90 | 161.58 | |
| 26.53 | 22.43 | 22.91 | 23.53 | 26.04 | 22.97 | 25.01 | 24.63 | 26.44 | 23.89 | 26.67 | 25.89 | 26.64 | 26.23 | 25.76 | 25.22 | 27.36 | 27.90 | 30.06 | 30.49 | 30.43 | 30.38 | 31.70 | 29.45 | 29.55 | 30.46 | 34.94 | 35.41 | 39.97 | 38.45 | 35.50 | 34.99 | 39.85 | 40.05 | 37.87 | 39.58 | 43.88 | 45.45 | 40.06 | 41.94 | |
| 4.28 | 4.60 | 6.70 | 7.21 | 7.41 | 5.65 | 4.14 | 3.52 | 3.65 | 6.20 | 6.98 | 7.98 | 6.98 | 7.63 | 7.71 | 6.03 | 8.03 | 7.67 | 9.17 | 10.21 | 10.13 | 8.71 | 5.45 | 5.71 | 7.13 | 8.79 | 11.11 | 12.96 | 15.78 | 19.32 | 20.70 | 20.52 | 19.75 | 18.12 | 16.51 | 16.42 | 16.06 | 15.89 | 16.96 | 19.45 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.