---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T09:19:45.276331+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q1 sales up 17% to $15.9B; adjusted EPS $4.91 vs $2.88 YoY

## Summary
- Q1 sales and revenues $15.9B (+17% YoY); GAAP EPS $3.74, adjusted EPS $4.91.
- Operating profit margin 17.2% (GAAP), adjusted 21.1% vs 13.7% prior-year quarter.
- Returned $1.0B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q1.
- Retail sales: worldwide machines +5%, Energy & Transportation +39%, Resource Industries +18%, Construction Industries flat.
- Divestiture of Longwall business recorded as restructuring cost in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+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/18230/000001823023000017/0000018230-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000017/cat-20230427.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATERPILLAR INC reported the quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue $15.9 billion, EPS $3.74.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $15.9 billion
  - EPS: $3.74
  - Result: reported results
  source text: per share) 2023 2022 Sales and Revenues $15.9 $13.6 Profit Per Share $3.74 $2.86 Adjusted Profit Per Share $4.91 $2.88 ● First-quarter 2023 sales and revenues increased 17% to $15.9 billion ● First-quarter 2023 profit per share of $3.74; adjusted profit per share of $4.91 ● Re turned $1.0 billion to s hareholders through dividends and share repurchases in the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000017/0000018230-23-000017-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.