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Fair value453.41Plus+34%317Price 605.411,351
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 6.53Revenue estimate 20.76B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 6.53Revenue estimate 20.76B
Caterpillar cash flow statement 1989–2026What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
Caterpillar's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 9.62B USD: operating cash flow of 14.18B USD less 4.57B USD of capital spending. That is 12.4% of its revenue and 20.70 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 30 Sept 2026 | FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | FY2016 31 Dec 2016 | FY2015 31 Dec 2015 | FY2014 31 Dec 2014 | FY2013 31 Dec 2013 | FY2012 31 Dec 2012 | FY2011 31 Dec 2011 | FY2010 31 Dec 2010 | FY2009 31 Dec 2009 | FY2008 31 Dec 2008 | FY2007 31 Dec 2007 | FY2006 31 Dec 2006 | FY2005 31 Dec 2005 | FY2004 31 Dec 2004 | FY2003 31 Dec 2003 | FY2002 31 Dec 2002 | FY2001 31 Dec 2001 | FY2000 31 Dec 2000 | FY1999 31 Dec 1999 | FY1998 31 Dec 1998 | FY1997 31 Dec 1997 | FY1996 31 Dec 1996 | FY1995 31 Dec 1995 | FY1994 31 Dec 1994 | FY1993 31 Dec 1993 | FY1992 31 Dec 1992 | FY1991 31 Dec 1991 | FY1990 31 Dec 1990 | FY1989 31 Dec 1989 |
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Net income | 11.83B | 8.88B | 10.79B | 10.33B | 6.70B | 6.49B | 3.00B | 6.09B | 6.15B | 759.00M | -59.00M | 2.52B | 2.47B | 3.80B | 5.72B | 4.98B | 2.76B | 827.00M | 3.59B | 3.58B | 3.54B | 2.85B | 2.04B | 1.10B | 798.00M | 805.00M | 1.05B | 946.00M | 1.51B | 1.67B | 1.36B | 1.14B | 955.00M | 681.00M | -218.00M | -404.00M | 210.00M | 497.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 2.42B | 2.26B | 2.15B | 2.14B | 2.22B | 2.35B | 2.43B | 2.58B | 2.77B | 2.88B | 3.03B | 3.05B | 3.16B | 3.09B | 2.81B | 2.53B | 2.30B | 2.34B | 1.98B | 1.80B | 1.60B | 1.48B | 1.40B | 1.35B | 1.22B | 1.17B | 1.02B | 945.00M | 865.00M | 738.00M | 696.00M | 682.00M | 683.00M | 668.00M | 654.00M | 602.00M | 533.00M | 471.00M |
Stock-based compensation | -90.00M | 242.00M | 223.00M | 208.00M | 193.00M | 200.00M | 202.00M | 205.00M | 198.00M | 206.00M | 218.00M | 283.00M | 254.00M | 231.00M | 245.00M | 193.00M | 226.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -1.17B | -348.00M | -859.00M | 151.00M | -1.80B | -647.00M | -417.00M | -2.93B | -4.08B | -194.00M | 656.00M | 805.00M | 286.00M | 2.82B | -3.74B | -1.01B | -514.00M | 3.20B | -1.25B | 2.42B | 463.00M | -1.20B | -7.31B | -7.99B | -6.33B | -484.00M | -136.00M | 511.00M | -200.00M | -209.00M | -296.00M | 341.00M | -47.00M | 238.00M | 124.00M | 443.00M | 295.00M | -11.00M |
Change in receivables | -2.97B | -2.14B | -160.00M | -437.00M | -220.00M | -1.26B | 1.44B | 171.00M | -1.62B | -1.15B | 829.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -3.58B | -1.48B | -414.00M | -364.00M | -2.59B | -2.59B | -34.00M | 274.00M | -1.58B | -1.30B | 1.11B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 1.85B | 1.18B | -282.00M | -754.00M | 798.00M | 2.04B | 98.00M | -1.03B | 709.00M | 1.48B | -200.00M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 3.54B | 2.09B | -3.00M | 1.71B | 211.00M | 1.16B | -1.92B | -2.35B | -1.59B | 774.00M | -1.08B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 396.00M | 236.00M | 351.00M | 642.00M | 827.00M | -817.00M | 1.18B | 938.00M | 1.30B | 845.00M | 2.22B | 349.00M | 2.84B | 251.00M | 144.00M | 264.00M | 243.00M | 137.00M | 355.00M | 162.00M | 197.00M | -20.00M | -113.00M | -69.00M | 350.00M | 497.00M | 120.00M | 188.00M | -400.00M | -98.00M | 21.00M | 31.00M | 166.00M | -182.00M | -57.00M | 0.00 | -218.00M | -50.00M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 14.18B | 11.74B | 12.04B | 12.89B | 7.77B | 7.20B | 6.33B | 6.91B | 6.56B | 5.71B | 5.64B | 6.70B | 8.06B | 10.19B | 5.18B | 6.96B | 5.01B | 6.50B | 4.67B | 7.96B | 5.80B | 3.11B | -3.99B | -5.61B | -3.96B | 1.99B | 2.06B | 2.59B | 1.78B | 2.10B | 1.78B | 2.19B | 1.76B | 1.41B | 503.00M | 641.00M | 820.00M | 907.00M |
Operating cash flow growth | +22.90% | -2.46% | -6.60% | +65.92% | +7.89% | +13.77% | -8.46% | +5.40% | +14.93% | +1.19% | -15.82% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -4.57B | -4.29B | -3.22B | -3.09B | -2.60B | -2.47B | -2.12B | -2.67B | -2.92B | -2.34B | -2.93B | -3.26B | -3.38B | -4.45B | -5.08B | -3.92B | -2.59B | -2.47B | -3.89B | -3.04B | -2.68B | -2.42B | -2.11B | -1.77B | -1.77B | -1.97B | -1.39B | -1.28B | -1.27B | -1.11B | -771.00M | -679.00M | -694.00M | -632.00M | -640.00M | -774.00M | -1.04B | -1.09B |
Acquisitions | — | 22.00M | -61.00M | -4.00M | 1.00M | 36.00M | 25.00M | 41.00M | 16.00M | 100.00M | 0.00 | 178.00M | 199.00M | 365.00M | 1.20B | 376.00M | 0.00 | -19.00M | -117.00M | -229.00M | -513.00M | -13.00M | -290.00M | -268.00M | -294.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -302.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | -2.53B | -1.98B | -1.53B | -4.48B | -3.17B | -2.26B | -749.00M | -599.00M | -898.00M | -1.11B | -582.00M | -885.00M | -855.00M | -597.00M | -1.02B | -8.52B | -1.34B | -349.00M | -339.00M | -485.00M | -681.00M | -338.00M | -609.00M | -425.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sales and maturities of investments | 1.76B | 2.49B | 3.16B | 1.89B | 2.38B | 785.00M | 345.00M | 529.00M | 442.00M | 932.00M | 694.00M | 351.00M | 810.00M | 449.00M | 306.00M | 247.00M | 228.00M | 291.00M | 357.00M | 282.00M | 539.00M | 257.00M | 290.00M | 329.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Other investing | -412.00M | -960.00M | -803.00M | -186.00M | 839.00M | 823.00M | 31.00M | -286.00M | -1.13B | 547.00M | -73.00M | -1.29B | -1.94B | -3.34B | -4.95B | -2.12B | 531.00M | 1.89B | -4.51B | -2.64B | -2.06B | -2.22B | 4.80B | 6.33B | 4.96B | -959.00M | -1.37B | -1.46B | -3.31B | -1.44B | -1.61B | -1.07B | -818.00M | -748.00M | -283.00M | -270.00M | -417.00M | -259.00M |
Investing cash flow | -6.64B | -4.71B | -2.45B | -5.87B | -2.54B | -3.08B | -1.49B | -1.93B | -3.21B | -966.00M | -1.78B | -3.52B | -3.63B | -5.05B | -6.19B | -11.43B | -1.60B | 846.00M | -6.17B | -4.41B | -3.80B | -3.53B | 2.08B | 4.88B | 3.62B | -2.93B | -2.75B | -3.04B | -4.58B | -2.54B | -2.38B | -1.75B | -1.51B | -1.38B | -923.00M | -1.04B | -1.46B | -1.35B |
Debt issued (repaid) | 4.02B | 4.13B | 799.00M | 594.00M | -652.00M | 681.00M | -610.00M | 1.41B | 1.84B | -2.38B | -1.31B | -138.00M | 2.44B | -1.61B | 5.43B | 4.88B | -3.85B | -4.28B | 5.57B | -146.00M | 758.00M | 2.97B | 2.63B | 1.48B | 696.00M | 1.53B | 1.41B | 1.36B | 3.83B | 1.31B | 1.02B | 447.00M | 411.00M | 0.00 | 489.00M | 532.00M | 775.00M | 700.00M |
Shares issued | — | 0.00 | 20.00M | 12.00M | 51.00M | 135.00M | 229.00M | 238.00M | 313.00M | 566.00M | -23.00M | 33.00M | 239.00M | 128.00M | 52.00M | 123.00M | 296.00M | 89.00M | 135.00M | 328.00M | 414.00M | 482.00M | 317.00M | 157.00M | 10.00M | 6.00M | 4.00M | 11.00M | 6.00M | 11.00M | 10.00M | 11.00M | 12.00M | 0.00 | 1.00M | 0.00 | 2.00M | 1.00M |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -8.06B | -5.21B | -7.70B | -4.98B | -4.23B | -2.67B | -1.13B | -4.05B | -3.80B | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.03B | -4.24B | -2.00B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.80B | -2.41B | -3.21B | -1.68B | -539.00M | -405.00M | 0.00 | -43.00M | -412.00M | -260.00M | -567.00M | -706.00M | -303.00M | -427.00M | -240.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -32.00M | -9.00M |
Dividends paid | -2.85B | -2.75B | -2.65B | -2.56B | -2.44B | -2.33B | -2.24B | -2.13B | -1.95B | -1.83B | -1.80B | -1.76B | -1.62B | -1.11B | -1.62B | -1.16B | -1.08B | -1.03B | -953.00M | -845.00M | -726.00M | -618.00M | -534.00M | -491.00M | -481.00M | -474.00M | -462.00M | -445.00M | -400.00M | -338.00M | -289.00M | -239.00M | -91.00M | -61.00M | -60.00M | -121.00M | -122.00M | -121.00M |
Other financing | — | -90.00M | -41.00M | 0.00 | -10.00M | -4.00M | -1.00M | -3.00M | -54.00M | -9.00M | -8.00M | -7.00M | 179.00M | 83.00M | -263.00M | 178.00M | 21.00M | 5.00M | 8.00M | 79.00M | 169.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -14.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Financing cash flow | -7.08B | -3.90B | -9.57B | -6.93B | -7.28B | -4.19B | -3.76B | -4.54B | -3.65B | -3.66B | -3.14B | -3.89B | -3.00B | -4.51B | 3.61B | 4.02B | -4.61B | -5.22B | 2.96B | -2.99B | -2.59B | 1.15B | 1.87B | 745.00M | 225.00M | 1.02B | 543.00M | 661.00M | 2.86B | 272.00M | 433.00M | -208.00M | 92.00M | -61.00M | 430.00M | 397.00M | 623.00M | 571.00M |
Net change in cash | 391.00M | 3.09B | -89.00M | -28.00M | -2.25B | -103.00M | 1.07B | 402.00M | -430.00M | 1.12B | 688.00M | -881.00M | 1.26B | 591.00M | 2.43B | -535.00M | -1.28B | 2.13B | 1.61B | 592.00M | -578.00M | 663.00M | 103.00M | 33.00M | -91.00M | 66.00M | -214.00M | 188.00M | 68.00M | -195.00M | -151.00M | 219.00M | -83.00M | -119.00M | -104.00M | -110.00M | -148.00M | -74.00M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 9.62B | 7.45B | 8.82B | 9.79B | 5.17B | 4.73B | 4.21B | 4.24B | 3.64B | 3.37B | 2.71B | 3.44B | 4.68B | 5.75B | 108.00M | 3.03B | 2.42B | 4.03B | 786.00M | 4.92B | 3.12B | 698.00M | -6.11B | -7.38B | -5.74B | 19.00M | 671.00M | 1.31B | 509.00M | 990.00M | 1.01B | 1.51B | 1.06B | 773.00M | -137.00M | -133.00M | -219.00M | -182.00M |
Free cash flow growth | +27.20% | -15.50% | -9.94% | +89.53% | +9.33% | +12.20% | -0.73% | +16.50% | +8.07% | +24.31% | -21.15% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 12.36% | 11.03% | 13.61% | 14.60% | 8.69% | 9.27% | 10.09% | 7.89% | 6.66% | 7.41% | 7.03% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 20.70 | 15.89 | 18.02 | 19.07 | 9.74 | 8.62 | 7.68 | 7.48 | 6.08 | 5.62 | 4.64 | 5.72 | 7.44 | 8.72 | 0.16 | 4.55 | 3.73 | 6.43 | 1.25 | 7.45 | 4.57 | 0.99 | -11.57 | -10.50 | -8.27 | 0.03 | 0.96 | 1.82 | 0.69 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.89 | 1.29 | 0.90 | -0.17 | -0.16 | -0.27 | -0.23 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +30.47% | -11.82% | -5.48% | +95.73% | +13.06% | +12.22% | +2.69% | +23.05% | +8.05% | +21.20% | -18.85% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income taxes paid | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q3 FY2026 30 Sept 2026 | Q2 FY2026 30 Jun 2026 | Q1 FY2026 31 Mar 2026 | Q4 FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | Q3 FY2025 30 Sept 2025 | Q2 FY2025 30 Jun 2025 | Q1 FY2025 31 Mar 2025 | Q4 FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | Q3 FY2024 30 Sept 2024 | Q2 FY2024 30 Jun 2024 | Q1 FY2024 31 Mar 2024 | Q4 FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | Q3 FY2023 30 Sept 2023 | Q2 FY2023 30 Jun 2023 | Q1 FY2023 31 Mar 2023 | Q4 FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | Q3 FY2022 30 Sept 2022 | Q2 FY2022 30 Jun 2022 | Q1 FY2022 31 Mar 2022 | Q4 FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | Q3 FY2021 30 Sept 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Jun 2021 | Q1 FY2021 31 Mar 2021 | Q4 FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | Q3 FY2020 30 Sept 2020 | Q2 FY2020 30 Jun 2020 | Q1 FY2020 31 Mar 2020 | Q4 FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | Q3 FY2019 30 Sept 2019 | Q2 FY2019 30 Jun 2019 | Q1 FY2019 31 Mar 2019 | Q4 FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | Q3 FY2018 30 Sept 2018 | Q2 FY2018 30 Jun 2018 | Q1 FY2018 31 Mar 2018 | Q4 FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | Q3 FY2017 30 Sept 2017 | Q2 FY2017 30 Jun 2017 | Q1 FY2017 31 Mar 2017 | Q4 FY2016 31 Dec 2016 |
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Net income | 3.29B | 3.59B | 2.55B | 2.40B | 2.30B | 2.18B | 2.00B | 2.79B | 2.46B | 2.68B | 2.85B | 2.67B | 2.79B | 2.92B | 1.94B | 1.45B | 2.04B | 1.67B | 1.54B | 2.12B | 1.43B | 1.41B | 1.53B | 780.00M | 671.00M | 459.00M | 1.09B | 1.10B | 1.49B | 1.62B | 1.88B | 1.05B | 1.73B | 1.71B | 1.67B | -1.30B | 1.06B | 803.00M | 194.00M | -1.17B |
Depreciation and amortization | 615.00M | 616.00M | 595.00M | 598.00M | 570.00M | 554.00M | 540.00M | 555.00M | 543.00M | 531.00M | 524.00M | 545.00M | 525.00M | 542.00M | 532.00M | 558.00M | 551.00M | 553.00M | 557.00M | 586.00M | 593.00M | 587.00M | 586.00M | 617.00M | 593.00M | 608.00M | 614.00M | 644.00M | 645.00M | 647.00M | 641.00M | 701.00M | 698.00M | 686.00M | 681.00M | 724.00M | 723.00M | 720.00M | 710.00M | 779.00M |
Stock-based compensation | -277.00M | 92.00M | 54.00M | 41.00M | 71.00M | 85.00M | 45.00M | 52.00M | 52.00M | 75.00M | 44.00M | 30.00M | 60.00M | 74.00M | 44.00M | 31.00M | 55.00M | 67.00M | 40.00M | 31.00M | 58.00M | 69.00M | 42.00M | 33.00M | 55.00M | 67.00M | 47.00M | 35.00M | 57.00M | 68.00M | 45.00M | 33.00M | 52.00M | 62.00M | 50.00M | 41.00M | 48.00M | 68.00M | 49.00M | 31.00M |
Change in working capital | 194.00M | 3.00M | -1.88B | 508.00M | 347.00M | 141.00M | -1.29B | 151.00M | 643.00M | -450.00M | -1.20B | 856.00M | 736.00M | -42.00M | -1.40B | -133.00M | -127.00M | 90.00M | -1.63B | -513.00M | -14.00M | 74.00M | -194.00M | 192.00M | 154.00M | 114.00M | -877.00M | 149.00M | -1.58B | -7.00M | -1.48B | -758.00M | -1.22B | -541.00M | -1.56B | -552.00M | -649.00M | 671.00M | 336.00M | 668.00M |
Change in receivables | -579.00M | -2.38B | -801.00M | 788.00M | -469.00M | -474.00M | 155.00M | -130.00M | 215.00M | -164.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | -1.57B | -1.05B | -1.50B | 538.00M | -376.00M | -649.00M | -990.00M | 367.00M | -138.00M | -204.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 224.00M | 590.00M | 938.00M | 93.00M | 113.00M | 572.00M | 401.00M | -186.00M | -75.00M | -224.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | 2.11B | 2.85B | -511.00M | -911.00M | 1.08B | 692.00M | -860.00M | 100.00M | 641.00M | 142.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 328.00M | 177.00M | 13.00M | -122.00M | 40.00M | 235.00M | 33.00M | 137.00M | 64.00M | 263.00M | -113.00M | 43.00M | 39.00M | -85.00M | 645.00M | 857.00M | 28.00M | 34.00M | -92.00M | -750.00M | 64.00M | 15.00M | -146.00M | 486.00M | 267.00M | 195.00M | 233.00M | 509.00M | 130.00M | 284.00M | 43.00M | 1.06B | 132.00M | 236.00M | 98.00M | 1.63B | 58.00M | 120.00M | 253.00M | 1.33B |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 4.35B | 4.37B | 1.87B | 3.59B | 3.74B | 3.12B | 1.29B | 3.39B | 3.57B | 3.02B | 2.05B | 4.00B | 4.06B | 3.25B | 1.57B | 2.74B | 2.48B | 2.23B | 313.00M | 1.41B | 1.74B | 2.12B | 1.93B | 2.07B | 1.73B | 1.39B | 1.13B | 2.43B | 769.00M | 2.59B | 1.12B | 2.08B | 1.39B | 2.15B | 935.00M | 541.00M | 1.24B | 2.38B | 1.54B | 1.65B |
Operating cash flow growth | +16.46% | +40.01% | +45.07% | +5.84% | +4.71% | +3.34% | -37.18% | -15.24% | -12.09% | -7.02% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -1.06B | -1.11B | -1.05B | -1.34B | -1.07B | -955.00M | -918.00M | -1.04B | -723.00M | -719.00M | -736.00M | -854.00M | -781.00M | -707.00M | -750.00M | -708.00M | -617.00M | -595.00M | -679.00M | -785.00M | -587.00M | -596.00M | -504.00M | -624.00M | -493.00M | -450.00M | -548.00M | -813.00M | -631.00M | -678.00M | -547.00M | -787.00M | -601.00M | -771.00M | -757.00M | -699.00M | -513.00M | -615.00M | -509.00M | -728.00M |
Acquisitions | -801.00M | -92.00M | 0.00 | 10.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00M | 6.00M | -6.00M | -103.00M | 42.00M | 10.00M | 148.00M | 169.00M | -14.00M | 120.00M | 190.00M | 1.00M | 261.00M | 13.00M | -5.00M | 315.00M | 28.00M | 12.00M | 0.00 | 13.00M | 0.00 | 38.00M | 3.00M | -1.00M | -2.00M | 2.00M | 2.00M | 0.00 | 12.00M | 7.00M | 2.00M | 91.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | 85.00M | -702.00M | -1.26B | -660.00M | -678.00M | -460.00M | -179.00M | -605.00M | -369.00M | -280.00M | -275.00M | -724.00M | -2.61B | -542.00M | -541.00M | -678.00M | -281.00M | -708.00M | -1.44B | -873.00M | -485.00M | -352.00M | -534.00M | -144.00M | -187.00M | -203.00M | -215.00M | -168.00M | -185.00M | -137.00M | -109.00M | -124.00M | -108.00M | -129.00M | -537.00M | -466.00M | -413.00M | -145.00M | -83.00M | -171.00M |
Sales and maturities of investments | 477.00M | 373.00M | 361.00M | 549.00M | 617.00M | 405.00M | 923.00M | 314.00M | 267.00M | 707.00M | 1.87B | 1.14B | 284.00M | 224.00M | 239.00M | 303.00M | 876.00M | 633.00M | 571.00M | 361.00M | 148.00M | 150.00M | 126.00M | 106.00M | 88.00M | 83.00M | 68.00M | 248.00M | 111.00M | 113.00M | 57.00M | 79.00M | 195.00M | 79.00M | 89.00M | 501.00M | 244.00M | 98.00M | 89.00M | 390.00M |
Other investing | -13.00M | -132.00M | 170.00M | -437.00M | -188.00M | -322.00M | -13.00M | -327.00M | -209.00M | -327.00M | 60.00M | -130.00M | -475.00M | -343.00M | 383.00M | 120.00M | 22.00M | 94.00M | -28.00M | 292.00M | 554.00M | -757.00M | 155.00M | -168.00M | 162.00M | -140.00M | 177.00M | -212.00M | 183.00M | -396.00M | 142.00M | -323.00M | -110.00M | -680.00M | -19.00M | -201.00M | 211.00M | 338.00M | 206.00M | 65.00M |
Investing cash flow | -1.32B | -1.66B | -1.78B | -1.88B | -1.32B | -1.33B | -175.00M | -1.65B | -1.04B | -722.00M | 958.00M | -554.00M | -3.44B | -1.20B | -683.00M | -843.00M | 190.00M | -575.00M | -1.31B | -992.00M | -375.00M | -1.24B | -477.00M | -526.00M | -216.00M | -530.00M | -213.00M | -574.00M | -275.00M | -898.00M | -181.00M | -798.00M | -346.00M | -1.27B | -800.00M | -526.00M | -274.00M | -66.00M | -93.00M | -142.00M |
Debt issued (repaid) | 189.00M | 2.18B | -122.00M | 1.78B | 744.00M | 1.71B | -98.00M | 930.00M | 248.00M | -490.00M | 111.00M | 419.00M | -415.00M | 651.00M | -61.00M | 378.00M | -246.00M | -512.00M | -272.00M | 1.05B | -765.00M | -645.00M | 1.05B | -1.10B | -562.00M | 1.42B | -365.00M | -353.00M | 1.76B | 427.00M | -424.00M | 874.00M | -392.00M | 1.08B | 283.00M | -1.09B | -1.43B | -1.22B | 1.36B | -27.00M |
Shares issued | -131.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00M | 7.00M | 16.00M | -8.00M | -24.00M | 58.00M | 3.00M | -25.00M | 49.00M | -2.00M | 32.00M | -28.00M | 13.00M | -1.00M | 58.00M | 65.00M | 119.00M | 120.00M | 13.00M | -23.00M | 179.00M | 20.00M | 44.00M | -5.00M | 21.00M | 36.00M | 107.00M | 149.00M | 213.00M | 270.00M | 83.00M | -19.00M | 31.00M |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -1.10B | -1.52B | -5.13B | -317.00M | -342.00M | -823.00M | -3.72B | -640.00M | -782.00M | -1.82B | -4.46B | -2.77B | -380.00M | -1.43B | -400.00M | -921.00M | -1.39B | -1.10B | -820.00M | -1.05B | -1.37B | -251.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -87.00M | -1.04B | -764.00M | -1.18B | -1.35B | -751.00M | -1.80B | -750.00M | -750.00M | -500.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -749.00M | -696.00M | -703.00M | -706.00M | -707.00M | -662.00M | -674.00M | -680.00M | -683.00M | -635.00M | -648.00M | -662.00M | -663.00M | -618.00M | -620.00M | -620.00M | -633.00M | -592.00M | -595.00M | -599.00M | -607.00M | -564.00M | -562.00M | -560.00M | -558.00M | -558.00M | -567.00M | -568.00M | -578.00M | -492.00M | -494.00M | -507.00M | -511.00M | -466.00M | -467.00M | -464.00M | -461.00M | -454.00M | -452.00M | -451.00M |
Other financing | 0.00 | -49.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | 0.00 | -73.00M | 0.00 | -41.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -9.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -2.00M | 0.00 | -2.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | -1.00M | -22.00M | -28.00M | -1.00M | -3.00M | -2.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | -6.00M | 16.00M |
Financing cash flow | -1.79B | -83.00M | -5.95B | 751.00M | -305.00M | 151.00M | -4.50B | -426.00M | -1.21B | -2.93B | -5.00B | -3.03B | -1.40B | -1.39B | -1.11B | -1.12B | -2.27B | -2.18B | -1.72B | -586.00M | -2.75B | -1.40B | 546.00M | -1.54B | -1.00B | 786.00M | -2.00B | -1.51B | 20.00M | -1.38B | -1.68B | -1.43B | -1.65B | -35.00M | -538.00M | -1.34B | -1.62B | -1.57B | 878.00M | -431.00M |
Net change in cash | 1.22B | 2.64B | -5.91B | 2.44B | 2.10B | 1.88B | -3.33B | 1.25B | 1.30B | -617.00M | -2.02B | 425.00M | -834.00M | 598.00M | -217.00M | 658.00M | 332.00M | -509.00M | -2.73B | -186.00M | -1.39B | -509.00M | 1.99B | 47.00M | 528.00M | 1.66B | -1.16B | 356.00M | 477.00M | 301.00M | -732.00M | -156.00M | -648.00M | 767.00M | -393.00M | -1.33B | -626.00M | 748.00M | 2.34B | 1.06B |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 3.29B | 3.26B | 819.00M | 2.25B | 2.67B | 2.17B | 371.00M | 2.36B | 2.85B | 2.30B | 1.32B | 3.15B | 3.28B | 2.54B | 823.00M | 2.03B | 1.86B | 1.64B | -366.00M | 627.00M | 1.15B | 1.52B | 1.42B | 1.45B | 1.24B | 941.00M | 582.00M | 1.62B | 138.00M | 1.91B | 574.00M | 1.30B | 791.00M | 1.38B | 178.00M | -158.00M | 728.00M | 1.77B | 1.03B | 917.00M |
Free cash flow growth | +23.33% | +50.44% | +120.75% | -4.54% | -6.32% | -5.86% | -71.81% | -25.18% | -13.21% | -9.44% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 15.90% | 15.87% | 4.70% | 11.75% | 15.12% | 13.08% | 2.60% | 14.53% | 17.67% | 13.79% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 7.13 | 7.05 | 1.76 | 4.80 | 5.66 | 4.60 | 0.78 | 4.84 | 5.85 | 4.70 | 2.65 | 6.21 | 6.40 | 4.94 | 1.58 | 3.90 | 3.53 | 3.07 | -0.68 | 1.16 | 2.11 | 2.76 | 2.58 | 2.64 | 2.27 | 1.73 | 1.06 | 2.91 | 0.25 | 3.33 | 0.99 | 2.21 | 1.32 | 2.28 | 0.29 | -0.26 | 1.21 | 2.97 | 1.74 | 1.57 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +25.98% | +53.37% | +126.11% | -0.94% | -3.16% | -2.27% | -70.64% | -22.06% | -8.59% | -4.72% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Caterpillar's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings