---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T10:31:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T10:35:21.075222+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Q2 2026 EPS $7.77 ($8.17 adj.) on revenue $20.5B, up 23% YoY

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $7.77 vs $4.62 in Q2 2025; adjusted EPS $8.17 vs $4.72.
- Revenue $20.5B, up from $16.6B YoY (+23.5%).
- Retail sales growth: total combined up 25% YoY; Power & Energy up 33%, Construction Industries up 22%, Resource Industries up 17%.
- Power Generation retail sales surged 72% YoY.
- Rail retail sales up 272% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T10:31:44+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/18230/000001823026000040/0000018230-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000040/cat-20260804.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000040.txt

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