---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-25-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T20:56:48.672044+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 EPS $4.62 (down 16% YoY); adjusted EPS $4.72 (down 21%); revenue $16.6B

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $4.62 vs $5.48; adjusted EPS $4.72 vs $5.99; both declined YoY.
- Sales and revenues $16.6B, down from $16.7B in Q2 2024.
- Global machine retail sales flat; Energy & Transportation retail up 9% YoY.
- Resource Industries machine retail down 3%; Construction Industries machines up 2%.
- Energy & Transportation: Power Generation up 19%, Transportation down 24%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-25-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+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/18230/000001823025000037/0000018230-25-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823025000037/cat-20250805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-25-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-25-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-25-000037.txt

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