---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-26-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:04:59.043689+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q1 2026 EPS $5.47 vs $4.20 YoY; revenues $17.4B up 23%

## Summary
- 1Q 2026 profit per share $5.47 (GAAP) vs $4.20 prior year; adjusted $5.54 vs $4.25.
- Sales and revenues $17.4B, up 23% from $14.2B in 1Q 2025.
- Total retail sales up 14% YoY; Power & Energy +32% (Power Gen +48%, Oil & Gas +16%).
- Construction Industries retail sales +7% globally (North America +12%); Resource Industries +6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-26-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000017/0000018230-26-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000017/cat-20260430.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATERPILLAR INC reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $17.4, EPS $5.47.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $17.4
  - EPS: $5.47
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Caterpillar Reports First-Quarter 2026 Results First Quarter ($ in billions except profit per share) 2026 2025 Sales and Revenues $17.4 $14.2 Profit Per Share $5.47 $4.20 Adjusted Profit Per Share $5.54 $4.25
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000017/0000018230-26-000017-index.htm

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