Fundamental analysis · SEC EDGAR · TTM through 31/03/2026
CAT · NYSE · Industrial
Fundamental quality
84
out of 100
Caterpillar Inc earns a fundamental-quality score of 84 out of 100, profiling it as a company with solid fundamentals. Its score rests mainly on its profitability (net margin 13.3%). Whether it's cheap or expensive depends on the current price, which you can compute in the tool.
Caterpillar is the world's largest maker of heavy construction and mining machinery: excavators, giant trucks, engines and generators. It's a very cyclical company, a thermometer of global spending on infrastructure and commodities.
EPS growth: 28.2% · Revenue growth: 10.6%
Net margin: 13.3% · ROE: 50.5% · ROIC: 17.6%
Net debt/EBITDA: 2.3x · FCF: 13.4%
Source: SEC EDGAR · TTM through 31/03/2026
The score includes +4 for dividend strength: 33 consecutive years of increases. Keeping that streak demands growing cash generation and balance-sheet discipline.
The score combines growth, profitability and financial strength, and here its pillars hold up evenly.
Percentile against the other 69 Industrial companies in our coverage: how far it beats them on each metric (100 = best in sector).
Computed from the daily dataset scores. A high percentile places the company among the best in its sector on that metric; it is not a buy recommendation.
Key concepts
What do these metrics mean? Fundamental analysis · What is the P/E · What is EPS · What is ROE · Net & gross margin · Free cash flow
| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41,748 | 3,003 | 5,349 | 18,662 |
| 2021 | 50,971 | 6,489 | 6,105 | 22,183 |
| 2022 | 59,427 | 6,705 | 6,470 | 24,667 |
| 2023 | 67,060 | 10,335 | 11,288 | 22,137 |
| 2024 | 64,809 | 10,792 | 10,047 | 24,855 |
| 2025 | 67,589 | 8,884 | 8,918 | 26,230 |
Between 2020 and 2025, revenue went from $41,748M to $67,589M (+62%) and net income went from $3,003M to $8,884M (+196%). Meanwhile, its margins have widened (from 7% to 13%).
Annual figures in millions of U.S. dollars ($M) per SEC filings. Net debt is total debt minus cash.
Latest results
Figures for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, versus the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (SEC filings):
Automatic comparison between the two most recent periods filed with the SEC. One quarter doesn't make a trend: read it alongside the historical evolution above.
$5.94
per share, yearly
30.9% of earnings
Payout
33 straight years raising it
Growth
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In terms of business quality, Caterpillar Inc scores 84 out of 100 in our analysis, placing it as a company of high fundamental quality. That said, this isn't a recommendation: whether it's a good investment also depends on its current price and your goals.
Is Caterpillar Inc a profitable company?
Yes. Caterpillar Inc shows a net margin of 13.3% and an ROE of 50.5%, a sign of a profitable business.
Does Caterpillar Inc have a lot of debt?
A moderate level: its net debt is 2.3 times its EBITDA.
Is Caterpillar Inc growing?
Its revenue has grown 10.6% annualized in recent years and its earnings per share 28.2%.
Does Caterpillar Inc generate cash?
Yes. It converts about 13.4% of its revenue into free cash flow, and has done so positively year after year.
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