Caterpillar Operating Income from 2010 to 2025

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USD 429.52 1.93 0.45%

Caterpillar Operating Income yearly trend continues to be comparatively stable with very little volatility. Operating Income is likely to outpace its year average in 2025. Operating Income is earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit Caterpillar generates from its operations. View All Fundamentals

Operating Income

First Reported

1985-09-30

Previous Quarter

2.9 B

Current Value

2.6 B

Quarterly Volatility

1.4 B

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Check Caterpillar financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Caterpillar's main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Depreciation And Amortization of 1.8 B, Interest Expense of 476.5 M or Selling General Administrative of 3.9 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 2.86, Dividend Yield of 0.0167 or PTB Ratio of 9.51. Caterpillar financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Caterpillar Valuation or Volatility modules.

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Latest Caterpillar's Operating Income Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Operating Income of Caterpillar over the last few years. Operating Income is the amount of profit realized from Caterpillar operations after accounting for operating expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), wages and depreciation. Operating income takes the gross income and subtracts other operating expenses and then removes depreciation. Operating Income of Caterpillar is typically a synonym for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and is also commonly referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. It is earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit a company generates from its operations. Caterpillar's Operating Income historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Caterpillar's overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.

Operating Income

10 Years Trend

Slightly volatile

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Operating Income

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Caterpillar Operating Income Regression Statistics

	Arithmetic Mean	6,959,475,000
	Geometric Mean	5,056,267,902
	Coefficient Of Variation	57.38
	Mean Deviation	3,037,225,000
	Median	7,153,000,000
	Standard Deviation	3,993,309,763
	Sample Variance	15946522.9T
	Range	13.4B
	R-Value	0.68
	Mean Square Error	9135658.6T
	R-Squared	0.47
	Significance	0
	Slope	572,144,118
	Total Sum of Squares	239197843T

Caterpillar Operating Income History

	2025	13.7 B
	2024	13.1 B
	2023	13 B
	2022	7.9 B
	2021	6.9 B
	2020	4.6 B

Other Fundumenentals of Caterpillar

Non Operating Income Net Other

Caterpillar Operating Income component correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Accounts Payable	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Treasury Stock	Current Deferred Revenue	Good Will	Short Term Investments	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt Total	Long Term Investments	Short Long Term Debt	Cash And Equivalents	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.91	0.92	0.46	0.98	0.99	0.96	0.92	0.44	0.77	0.83	0.82	0.65	-0.43	-0.24	0.87	0.03	0.18	0.42	0.35	0.18	0.17	0.02	0.12	0.04
Total Stockholder Equity	0.91		0.84	0.51	0.88	0.86	0.9	0.8	0.29	0.77	0.75	0.75	0.57	-0.43	-0.05	0.69	0.08	0.52	0.37	0.24	0.12	0.08	0.11	0.19	0.16
Net Debt	0.92	0.84		0.35	0.89	0.91	0.83	0.84	0.6	0.88	0.65	0.61	0.54	-0.22	-0.14	0.89	-0.12	0.1	0.32	0.21	-0.04	0.04	-0.02	-0.03	-0.12
Retained Earnings	0.46	0.51	0.35		0.52	0.43	0.55	0.41	-0.36	0.28	0.52	0.66	0.62	-0.83	-0.15	0.21	0.29	0.58	0.63	0.42	0.47	-0.21	0.34	0.72	0.85
Net Receivables	0.98	0.88	0.89	0.52		0.98	0.98	0.88	0.36	0.72	0.87	0.85	0.66	-0.51	-0.24	0.84	0.07	0.2	0.44	0.35	0.24	0.18	0.04	0.23	0.13
Total Liab	0.99	0.86	0.91	0.43	0.98		0.95	0.92	0.46	0.75	0.83	0.81	0.65	-0.42	-0.28	0.89	0.02	0.09	0.42	0.37	0.19	0.19	-0.01	0.11	0.01
Total Current Assets	0.96	0.9	0.83	0.55	0.98	0.95		0.85	0.24	0.65	0.91	0.88	0.69	-0.58	-0.21	0.75	0.13	0.34	0.48	0.38	0.29	0.22	0.05	0.32	0.21
Short Term Debt	0.92	0.8	0.84	0.41	0.88	0.92	0.85		0.36	0.66	0.64	0.81	0.69	-0.46	-0.46	0.82	0.01	0.09	0.49	0.51	0.34	0.16	0.03	0.08	-0.02
Intangible Assets	0.44	0.29	0.6	-0.36	0.36	0.46	0.24	0.36		0.66	0.19	-0.12	-0.2	0.57	0.17	0.71	-0.36	-0.53	-0.41	-0.36	-0.56	-0.06	-0.22	-0.69	-0.68
Property Plant Equipment	0.77	0.77	0.88	0.28	0.72	0.75	0.65	0.66	0.66		0.47	0.39	0.33	-0.04	0.11	0.76	-0.04	0.08	0.13	0.03	-0.34	-0.2	-0.05	-0.18	-0.13
Accounts Payable	0.83	0.75	0.65	0.52	0.87	0.83	0.91	0.64	0.19	0.47		0.76	0.51	-0.54	-0.05	0.62	0.06	0.29	0.32	0.2	0.18	0.16	-0.09	0.32	0.29
Common Stock	0.82	0.75	0.61	0.66	0.85	0.81	0.88	0.81	-0.12	0.39	0.76		0.88	-0.82	-0.52	0.56	0.29	0.42	0.75	0.69	0.59	0.33	0.1	0.55	0.41
Long Term Debt	0.65	0.57	0.54	0.62	0.66	0.65	0.69	0.69	-0.2	0.33	0.51	0.88		-0.78	-0.67	0.45	0.27	0.37	0.96	0.89	0.52	0.3	0.13	0.52	0.37
Treasury Stock	-0.43	-0.43	-0.22	-0.83	-0.51	-0.42	-0.58	-0.46	0.57	-0.04	-0.54	-0.82	-0.78		0.47	-0.13	-0.41	-0.57	-0.79	-0.67	-0.69	-0.15	-0.16	-0.83	-0.76
Current Deferred Revenue	-0.24	-0.05	-0.14	-0.15	-0.24	-0.28	-0.21	-0.46	0.17	0.11	-0.05	-0.52	-0.67	0.47		-0.32	-0.22	0.12	-0.69	-0.8	-0.6	-0.57	-0.1	-0.29	0.01
Good Will	0.87	0.69	0.89	0.21	0.84	0.89	0.75	0.82	0.71	0.76	0.62	0.56	0.45	-0.13	-0.32		-0.03	-0.17	0.22	0.19	-0.01	0.24	-0.01	-0.1	-0.23
Short Term Investments	0.03	0.08	-0.12	0.29	0.07	0.02	0.13	0.01	-0.36	-0.04	0.06	0.29	0.27	-0.41	-0.22	-0.03		0.28	0.3	0.19	0.32	0.42	0.17	0.61	0.41
Net Tangible Assets	0.18	0.52	0.1	0.58	0.2	0.09	0.34	0.09	-0.53	0.08	0.29	0.42	0.37	-0.57	0.12	-0.17	0.28		0.4	0.17	0.23	-0.03	0.13	0.58	0.63
Long Term Debt Total	0.42	0.37	0.32	0.63	0.44	0.42	0.48	0.49	-0.41	0.13	0.32	0.75	0.96	-0.79	-0.69	0.22	0.3	0.4		0.92	0.55	0.25	0.17	0.6	0.48
Long Term Investments	0.35	0.24	0.21	0.42	0.35	0.37	0.38	0.51	-0.36	0.03	0.2	0.69	0.89	-0.67	-0.8	0.19	0.19	0.17	0.92		0.62	0.26	0.12	0.38	0.26
Short Long Term Debt	0.18	0.12	-0.04	0.47	0.24	0.19	0.29	0.34	-0.56	-0.34	0.18	0.59	0.52	-0.69	-0.6	-0.01	0.32	0.23	0.55	0.62		0.36	0.43	0.61	0.43
Cash And Equivalents	0.17	0.08	0.04	-0.21	0.18	0.19	0.22	0.16	-0.06	-0.2	0.16	0.33	0.3	-0.15	-0.57	0.24	0.42	-0.03	0.25	0.26	0.36		0.14	0.32	-0.18
Net Invested Capital	0.02	0.11	-0.02	0.34	0.04	-0.01	0.05	0.03	-0.22	-0.05	-0.09	0.1	0.13	-0.16	-0.1	-0.01	0.17	0.13	0.17	0.12	0.43	0.14		0.36	0.26
Net Working Capital	0.12	0.19	-0.03	0.72	0.23	0.11	0.32	0.08	-0.69	-0.18	0.32	0.55	0.52	-0.83	-0.29	-0.1	0.61	0.58	0.6	0.38	0.61	0.32	0.36		0.83
Capital Stock	0.04	0.16	-0.12	0.85	0.13	0.01	0.21	-0.02	-0.68	-0.13	0.29	0.41	0.37	-0.76	0.01	-0.23	0.41	0.63	0.48	0.26	0.43	-0.18	0.26	0.83

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About Caterpillar Financial Statements

Caterpillar shareholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Operating Income, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Caterpillar investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. The changes in Caterpillar's assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses on on Caterpillar's income statement. Understanding these patterns can help investors time the market effectively. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

	Last Reported	Projected for Next Year
Operating Income	13.1 B	13.7 B
Non Operating Income Net Other	1.5 B	1.6 B

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Caterpillar Operating Income from 2010 to 2025

Latest Caterpillar's Operating Income Growth Pattern

Caterpillar Operating Income Regression Statistics

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