---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-23-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T18:50:58.853386+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 2023 revenue $17.3B (+22% YoY); EPS $5.67 beats $3.13

## Summary
- Revenue $17.3B, up 22% YoY; operating margin 21.1% vs 13.6%.
- GAAP EPS $5.67; adjusted EPS $5.55 vs $3.18 last year.
- Returned $2.0B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- Global machine retail sales +8%; Energy & Transportation +47% (Oil & Gas +71%).
- Resource Industries retail sales +26%; Construction Industries +3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-23-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-01T23:59:59+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/18230/000001823023000044/0000018230-23-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000044/cat-20230801.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATERPILLAR INC reported Second Quarter results: revenue $17.3 billion, EPS $5.67.
  - Period: Second Quarter
  - Revenue: $17.3 billion
  - EPS: $5.67
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT ) announced second-quarter 2023 sales and revenues of $17.3 billion, a 22% increase compared with $14.2 billion in the second quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000044/0000018230-23-000044-index.htm

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