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Caterpillar Inc.
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What Caterpillar Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $74.7 billion, up 18% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $10.7 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $2.87 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $5.19 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 4, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 13, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $26.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 4,075 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+302 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 164 (149 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 5 — latest OSHA inspection, Aug 25, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Caterpillar Inc. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending41st pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex48th pct
- Hiring filings63rd pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications51st pct
- + Hiring filings
- − Capital spending
- − Deals and private raises
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment65th pct
- Call confidence57th pct
- Guidance changes—
- Risk factors added61st pct
- Insider open-market trades55th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Risk factors added
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver44th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Caterpillar Inc.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$36.2B
- Due within a year $5.5B
- Longer term $30.7B
- Default point $20.9B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Dec 31, 2025 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2025 | $1.7B | 5.200% | 2035 (10y) | +78bp | 5.235% |
| May 12, 2025 | $300M | 5.500% | 2055 (30y) | +80bp | 5.703% |
From the pricing term sheets Caterpillar Inc. filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Caterpillar Inc., with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralJim Cramer Sees a Possible Buying Opportunity in Caterpillar (CAT) After Its Pullback
insidermonkey.com · via Marketaux · Oct 6, 2026
- NeutralETFs Are Buying Caterpillar (CAT) on Monday
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Sep 30, 2026
- NeutralCaterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining
Caterpillar has spent decades putting autonomous machines to work at remote mining sites. It's now bringing that experience to AI deployment.
TechCrunch · Aug 30, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CATERPILLAR INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $1.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AUSTIN LEGAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLLC)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 15, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Sep 1, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 25, 2026Risk event
- Jul 28, 2026Trademark
- Jul 28, 2026Trademark
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CATERPILLAR INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $1.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AUSTIN LEGAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 26, 2026Trademark
- Jun 11, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 27, 2026Risk event
- Apr 10, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 13, 2026Risk event
- Feb 13, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 6, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 18, 2025Risk event
- Oct 30, 2025Risk event
- Sep 15, 2025Trademark
- Sep 15, 2025Trademark
- Sep 9, 2025Risk event
- Sep 3, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 14, 2025Risk event
- Jul 1, 2025Risk event
- Jun 12, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 15, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 9, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 6, 2025Risk event
- Feb 20, 2025Risk event
- Feb 14, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 16, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin LMT | $77.0B | $8.7B | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Delta Air Lines DAL | $71.8B | $3.9B | Sep 30, 2026 |
| United Airlines Holdings UAL | $62.9B | $2.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| United Parcel Service UPS | $89.9B | $5.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Boeing Co. BA | $94.0B | −$0.2B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| FedEx FDX | $94.7B | $5.1B | May 31, 2026 |
| American Airlines Group AAL | $58.3B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| RTX Corp. RTX | $96.0B | $9.5B | Sep 30, 2026 |