What does lease payments mean?

This represents the actual cash outflow related to operating lease liabilities during the period. It provides insight into the company's fixed cash obligations for leased real estate and equipment.

Caterpillar CAT Lease Payments

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$454.06B+109%

P/E48.2×+26.3×

P/S6.4×+3.0×

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×

Questions, answered.

What does lease payments mean?: This represents the actual cash outflow related to operating lease liabilities during the period. It provides insight into the company's fixed cash obligations for leased real estate and equipment.