secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T10:31:44+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-26-000040
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000040/0000018230-26-000040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000040/cat-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-26-000040

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