Caterpillar Inc.CATNYSE
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Cash Generation ExpandingExpanding
Percentile Rank100
3Y CAGR+25.7%
5Y CAGR+19.5%
Studio
Year-over-Year Change

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures

3Y CAGR
+25.7%/yr
vs +9.1%/yr prior
5Y CAGR
+19.5%/yr
Recent acceleration
Acceleration
+16.6pp
Accelerating
Percentile
P100
Near historical high
vs 5Y Ago
2.4x
Strong expansion
Streak
1 yr
Consecutive growthExpanding
PeriodValueYoY Change
2025$10.27B+16.5%
2024$8.82B-9.9%
2023$9.79B+89.5%
2022$5.17B+9.3%
2021$4.73B+12.2%
2020$4.21B-0.7%
2019$4.24B+16.5%
2018$3.64B+8.1%
2017$3.37B+24.3%
2016$2.71B-