What does power & energy — consolidated profit before tax mean?

The pre-tax earnings generated by the Energy and Transportation segment after accounting for all operating costs and allocated expenses. This metric serves as the primary measure of the segment's profitability before the impact of corporate tax jurisdictions.

Caterpillar CAT Power & Energy — Consolidated profit before tax

Other segment segments

Construction Industries

$1.54B+49.9%

Resource Industries

$378M-39.3%

Financial Products Segment

$245M+14.0%

All Other Segment

-$43M-126%

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SEBPower — Segment And Consolidated Operating Income Loss Total

$9M+28.6%

FIP

FIPPower and Gas — Income (loss) before income taxes

-$5.22M-104%

WLDNEnergy — Income Tax Expense Benefit

-$1.35M-371%

FIP

FIPPower and Gas — Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

-$5.22M-103%

AGMPower & Utilities — Segment Core Earnings

$4.47M+30.0%

SPGIEnergy — Operating profit

$233M—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$17.4B+22.2%

Gross profit$6.1B+15.6%

Operating income$3.1B+19.6%

Net income$2.5B+27.2%

EPS (diluted)$5.47+30.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.1B+14.3%

Total debt$36.9B+14.2%

Total equity$21.3B+9.4%

Total assets$95.6B+12.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.9B+45.1%

CapEx$728.0M+2.5%

Free cash flow$1.1B+97.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$409.34B+101%

P/E43.4×+21.8×

P/S5.8×+2.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin96.6%-4.4pp

Operating margin16.5%-2.7pp

Net margin13.3%-2.4pp

FCF margin13.4%-0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity43.5%-11.8pp

Debt / equity1.7×+0.1×

Current ratio1.4×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Caterpillar in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments.

The official record: Caterpillar’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Caterpillar's power & energy — consolidated profit before tax?: Caterpillar (CAT) reported power & energy — consolidated profit before tax of $1.45B in Q1 2026.
How has Caterpillar's power & energy — consolidated profit before tax changed year-over-year?: Caterpillar's power & energy — consolidated profit before tax increased by 12.6% year-over-year, from $1.29B to $1.45B.
What does power & energy — consolidated profit before tax mean?: The pre-tax earnings generated by the Energy and Transportation segment after accounting for all operating costs and allocated expenses. This metric serves as the primary measure of the segment's profitability before the impact of corporate tax jurisdictions.