---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:28:18.872493+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q3 2024: Revenue $16.1B down 4% YoY; GAAP EPS $5.06, adj EPS $5.17, both decline

## Summary
- Q3 2024 sales/revenues $16.1B, down from $16.8B YoY.
- GAAP profit per share $5.06, down from $5.45; adjusted $5.17 vs $5.52.
- World machine retail sales down 10% YoY; Resource Industries down 18%.
- Energy & Transportation retail sales up 5% YoY; Power Gen +11%, Oil & Gas +10%.
- Construction Industries retail sales down 7% globally; North America down 8%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000050/0000018230-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000050/cat-20241030.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000050.txt

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