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The debt of CATERPILLAR INC over the past 10 years

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At the end of fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, CATERPILLAR INC had liquid cash of $9.98B and total debt of $43.33B: net debt of $33.35B. It had more debt than liquid cash at all 10 year-ends shown. Total debt was highest at the end of fiscal 2025 ($43.33B) and lowest at the end of fiscal 2017 ($34.88B).

Year by year

Fiscal yearLiquid cashTotal debt*Net cash*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$9.98B$43.33B-$33.35B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$6.89B$38.41B-$31.52B
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$6.98B$37.88B-$30.9B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$7B$36.99B-$29.99B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$9.25B$37.79B-$28.54B
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$9.35B$37.16B-$27.81B
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$8.28B$37.66B-$29.37B
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$7.86B$36.55B-$28.7B
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$8.26B$34.88B-$26.62B
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$7.17B$36.78B-$29.61B

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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