---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:31:47.600973+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q4 revenue $19.1B (+18% YoY), EPS $5.12 vs $5.78; FY EPS $18.81 down 15%

## Summary
- Q4 2025 sales and revenues $19.1B, up 18% YoY; full-year $67.6B, up 4% YoY.
- Q4 GAAP EPS $5.12 vs $5.78 YoY; adjusted EPS $5.16 vs $5.14.
- Full-year GAAP EPS $18.81, adjusted EPS $19.06; operating cash flow $11.7B.
- Retail: Power & Energy up 37% Q4, Construction Industries up 11%, Resource Industries down 7%.
- Ended 2025 with $10.0B cash; deployed $7.9B for share repurchases and dividends in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+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/18230/000001823026000003/0000018230-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000003/cat-20260129.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000003.txt

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