---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764764-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000764764"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:49:29.266137+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cat Financial Q1 revenue $853M (+11% YoY); profit $169M (+13%)

## Summary
- Revenue $853M, up 11% from $768M; profit $169M, up 13% from $149M.
- Pre-tax profit $229M (+12%) on higher financing rates, earning assets, and $33M insurance settlement.
- Retail new business volume $2.74B (+11% YoY) led by North America; past dues 1.78% (down from 2.00%).
- Write-offs net of recoveries $55M vs $10M; allowance $281M (1.01% of receivables, down from 1.18%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764764-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000764764
- company_name: CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764764/000076476424000016/0000764764-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764764/000076476424000016/cfsc-20240425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000764764-24-000016.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $853 million, net income $169 million.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $853 million
  - Net income: $169 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Cat Financial reported first-quarter 2024 revenues of $853 million, an increase of $85 million, or 11%, compared with $768 million in the first quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764764/000076476424000016/0000764764-24-000016-index.htm

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