Business Segments · Consolidated profit before tax
Resource Industries — Consolidated profit before tax
Caterpillar Resource Industries — Consolidated profit before tax decreased by 88.2% to $378M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 85.3%, from $2.57B to $378M. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryProfitability
SignalHigher is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ1 2013
Last reportedQ1 2026May 6, 2026
Rolls up toPre-Tax Income
How to read this metric
Higher profit indicates strong operational performance and effective cost management within the segment.
Detailed definition
The operating profit generated by the Resource Industries segment before the deduction of income taxes. This is the prim...
Peer comparison
Standard segment operating profit metric; the primary benchmark for comparing segment performance across industrial peers.
Metric ID:
cat_segment_resource_industries_consolidated_profit_before_taxHistorical Data
40 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.87B | $349M | $1.78B | $280M | $2.56B | $288M | $2B | $361M | $2.1B | $355M | $2.56B | $506M | $2.1B | $605M | $2.63B | $764M | $3.65B | $740M | $3.52B | $730M | $3.25B | $602M | $3.53B | $730M | $3.5B | $718M | $3.1B | $619M | $3.24B | $471M | $2.57B | $623M | $2.82B | $537M | $3.13B | $499M | $3.03B | $360M | $3.21B | $378M |
| QoQ Change | — | -81.3% | +408.6% | -84.2% | +815.0% | -88.8% | +594.1% | -81.9% | +480.6% | -83.1% | +620.6% | -80.2% | +314.8% | -71.2% | +335.4% | -71.0% | +378.0% | -79.7% | +375.0% | -79.2% | +345.1% | -81.5% | +486.7% | -79.3% | +379.5% | -79.5% | +331.5% | -80.0% | +423.9% | -85.5% | +445.6% | -75.8% | +352.3% | -80.9% | +482.3% | -84.0% | +506.4% | -88.1% | +791.9% | -88.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +12.1% | -81.0% | +44.1% | -71.5% | -18.1% | -76.4% | +31.8% | -61.8% | +74.2% | -64.7% | +37.4% | -71.5% | +54.8% | -71.3% | +34.1% | -72.3% | -4.2% | -80.3% | -11.9% | -82.4% | -0.2% | -85.5% | -27.2% | -82.4% | -19.5% | -84.7% | +0.9% | -83.9% | -6.7% | -88.9% | +24.9% | -85.3% |
Range$280M – $3.65B
CAGR-15.1%
Avg YoY Growth-31.8%
Median YoY Growth-44.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Caterpillar's resource industries — consolidated profit before tax?
- Caterpillar (CAT) reported resource industries — consolidated profit before tax of $378M in Q1 2026.
- How has Caterpillar's resource industries — consolidated profit before tax changed year-over-year?
- Caterpillar's resource industries — consolidated profit before tax decreased by 85.3% year-over-year, from $2.57B to $378M.
- What does resource industries — consolidated profit before tax mean?
- The total profit earned by the segment before accounting for income taxes.