The cash flow of CATERPILLAR INC over the past 10 years
Chart CATERPILLAR INC: operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, fiscal 2016–2025 Open the chart →In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, CATERPILLAR INC's operating cash flow was $11.74B and its capital expenditures $2.82B, leaving free cash flow of $8.92B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $4.53B in fiscal 2016 to $11.29B in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2025, at $2.82B.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating cash flow | Capital expenditures | Free cash flow* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025ended Dec 31, 2025 | $11.74B | $2.82B | $8.92B |
| 2024ended Dec 31, 2024 | $12.04B | $1.99B | $10.05B |
| 2023ended Dec 31, 2023 | $12.88B | $1.6B | $11.29B |
| 2022ended Dec 31, 2022 | $7.77B | $1.3B | $6.47B |
| 2021ended Dec 31, 2021 | $7.2B | $1.09B | $6.11B |
| 2020ended Dec 31, 2020 | $6.33B | $978M | $5.35B |
| 2019ended Dec 31, 2019 | $6.91B | $1.06B | $5.86B |
| 2018ended Dec 31, 2018 | $6.56B | $1.28B | $5.28B |
| 2017ended Dec 31, 2017 | $5.71B | $898M | $4.81B |
| 2016ended Dec 31, 2016 | $5.64B | $1.11B | $4.53B |
Fiscal years as CATERPILLAR INC reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.
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