---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-21-000218"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:30:34.785199+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 2021 EPS $2.56 ($2.60 adj); Sales $12.9B +29% YoY; Retail machines +20%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $2.56 vs $0.84 YoY; adjusted EPS $2.60 vs $1.27; operating margin 13.9% vs 7.8%.
- Sales and revenues $12.9B (+29% YoY) driven by higher end-user demand and favorable dealer inventory changes.
- Returned $0.8B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q2.
- Global machine retail sales +20% YoY; Resource Industries +21%, Construction Industries +20%.
- Energy & Transportation retail sales +1% overall; Industrial segment +44%, Power Gen -6%, Oil & Gas -6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-21-000218
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000218/0000018230-21-000218-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000218/cat-20210730.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-21-000218
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-21-000218.txt

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