---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:29:42.090561+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 revenue falls to $16.7B; adjusted EPS rises to $5.99

## Summary
- Revenue $16.7B, down 3.5% from $17.3B in Q2 2023.
- GAAP profit per share $5.48 vs $5.67; adjusted $5.99 vs $5.55 year-over-year.
- Global machine retail sales down 8%; Energy & Transportation up 10%.
- Construction Industries retail sales down 5%; Resource Industries down 15%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/18230/000001823024000042/0000018230-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000042/cat-20240806.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000042.txt

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