---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-22-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T14:19:39.998500+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q4 revenues up 23% to $13.8B; adj. EPS $2.69 vs $2.12 YoY

## Summary
- Q4 2021 sales and revenues $13.8B, up 23% YoY; full year $51.0B, up 22% YoY.
- Q4 GAAP EPS $3.91 (includes mark-to-market gains); adjusted $2.69 vs $2.12 in Q4 2020.
- Full-year GAAP EPS $11.83; adjusted $10.81 vs $6.56 in 2020.
- Operating cash flow strong; ended 2021 with $9.3B enterprise cash; returned $5.0B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- Retail machine sales up 5% globally in Q4; Construction Industries up 4%, Resource Industries up 10%, Energy & Transportation up 12%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-22-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000014/0000018230-22-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000014/cat-20220128.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000014.txt

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