| Annual · values | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 33.79% | 37.97% | 36.23% | 30.42% | 30.33% | 30.34% | 31.91% | 32.39% | 31.24% | 27.23% | 28.64% | 26.21% |
| Operating Margin | 16.50% | 20.17% | 19.33% | 13.30% | 13.49% | 10.91% | 15.41% | 15.15% | 9.69% | 1.29% | 6.93% | 9.65% |
| EBITDA Margin | 19.84% | 23.49% | 22.53% | 17.03% | 18.11% | 16.73% | 20.20% | 20.21% | 16.02% | 9.17% | 13.41% | 15.39% |
| Net Margin | 13.14% | 16.65% | 15.41% | 11.28% | 12.74% | 7.19% | 11.33% | 11.23% | 1.67% | -0.15% | 4.49% | 6.72% |
| Current Ratio | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.46 | 1.53 | 1.47 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.22 | 1.31 | 1.39 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 1.09 | 1.05 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 0.96 |
| Debt / Equity | 1.70 | 1.63 | 1.49 | 1.99 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.08 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 1.93 |
| ROE | 41.66% | 55.34% | 52.98% | 42.19% | 39.31% | 19.53% | 41.66% | 43.66% | 5.51% | -0.45% | 14.20% | 22.06% |
| ROA | 9.01% | 12.29% | 11.81% | 8.18% | 7.84% | 3.83% | 7.77% | 7.83% | 0.99% | -0.08% | 2.69% | 4.38% |
| Asset Turnover | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.65 |
| Book Value / Share | 45.14 | 39.83 | 37.97 | 29.96 | 30.11 | 28.03 | 25.78 | 23.49 | 22.97 | 22.61 | 24.75 | 26.75 |
Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates through key segments including Construction Industries, which supports customers in infrastructure and building construction; Resource Industries, focused on mining, heavy construction, quarry, and aggregates machinery; Energy and Transportation, providing reciprocating engines, turbines, locomotives, and related services for oil and gas, power generation, industrial, marine, and rail applications; and Financial Products, offering financing to customers and dealers for Caterpillar equipment, services, and power generation facilities. With a global presence evenly balanced between the US and international markets, construction activities skew more domestic while other divisions are geographically diversified, Caterpillar maintains an independent network of over 150 dealers operating around 2,800 facilities in approximately 190 countries for sales and support. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, and founded in 1925, Caterpillar Inc. holds significant market share approaching 20% across many products in the industrials sector, particularly farm and heavy construction machinery.