---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-22-000178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:04:56.465906+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 sales up 11% to $14.2B, EPS $3.13; global machine retail sales down 4%

## Summary
- Q2 2022 sales and revenues $14.2B (+11% YoY); EPS $3.13 vs $2.56 YoY; adjusted EPS $3.18 vs $2.60.
- Operating profit margin 13.6% (Q2 2021: 13.9%); returned $1.7B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- World machine retail sales down 4% YoY; Construction Industries down 4%, Resource Industries down 2%.
- Energy & Transportation retail sales flat YoY; Power Gen up 7%, Industrial up 19%, Oil & Gas down 13%.
- Regional machine retail: Asia/Pacific down 14%, Latin America up 18%, North America down 3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-22-000178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000178/0000018230-22-000178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000178/cat-20220802.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000178
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000178.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000178.txt

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