---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T05:44:34.091752+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q4 2024 sales $16.2B, EPS $5.78; full-year profit $22.05/share

## Summary
- Q4 sales $16.2B vs $17.1B YoY; net profit $5.78/share vs $5.28; adjusted EPS $5.14 vs $5.23.
- Full-year sales $64.8B vs $67.1B; profit $22.05/share vs $20.12; adjusted EPS $21.90 vs $21.21.
- Enterprise operating cash flow $12.0B; year-end cash $6.9B; $10.3B deployed for buybacks and dividends.
- Global machine retail sales down 3% YoY in Q4; Energy & Transportation up 2%, led by Power Gen (+27%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-30T23:59:59+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/18230/000001823025000004/0000018230-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823025000004/cat-20250130.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-25-000004
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-25-000004.txt

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