About caterpillar inc. - CAT
CAT At a Glance
| Phone | 1-972-891-7700 | Revenue | 64.81B | |
| Industry | Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery | Net Income | 10.79B | |
| Sector | Producer Manufacturing | Employees | N/A | |
| Fiscal Year-end | 12 / 2025 | |||
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CAT Valuation
| P/E Current | 16.415 |
| P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) | N/A |
| P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) | 16.452 |
| Price to Sales Ratio | 2.739 |
| Price to Book Ratio | N/A |
| Price to Cash Flow Ratio | 14.752 |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 13.731 |
| Enterprise Value to Sales | 3.226 |
| Total Debt to Enterprise Value | 0.184 |
CAT Efficiency
| Revenue/Employee | N/A |
| Income Per Employee | N/A |
| Receivables Turnover | 3.439 |
| Total Asset Turnover | 0.74 |
CAT Liquidity
| Current Ratio | 1.416 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.894 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.213 |
CAT Profitability
| Gross Margin | 35.989 |
| Operating Margin | 20.17 |
| Pretax Margin | 20.634 |
| Net Margin | 16.652 |
| Return on Assets | 12.317 |
| Return on Equity | 55.365 |
| Return on Total Capital | 18.639 |
| Return on Invested Capital | 23.658 |
CAT Capital Structure
| Total Debt to Total Equity | 197.06 |
| Total Debt to Total Capital | 66.337 |
| Total Debt to Total Assets | 43.764 |
| Long-Term Debt to Equity | 140.326 |
| Long-Term Debt to Total Capital | 47.238 |
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