Current Liabilities
Dividends payable
Caterpillar Dividends payable decreased by 100.0% to $0 in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Dividends payable shows an upward trend with a 4.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionCurrent Liabilities
CategoryLiquidity
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2014
Last reportedQ1 2026May 6, 2026
How to read this metric
An increase indicates a recent declaration of dividends, while a decrease reflects the settlement of these obligations.
Detailed definition
This represents the total amount of dividends that have been formally declared by the board of directors but have not ye...
Peer comparison
Standard across all dividend-paying public companies, often compared against cash flow to ensure dividend sustainability.
Metric ID:
dividends_payableHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $608M | $0 | $595M | $0 | $633M | $0 | $620M | $0 | $663M | $0 | $649M | $0 | $684M | $0 | $674M | $0 | $707M | $0 | $703M | $0 |
| QoQ Change | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% | — | -100.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +4.1% | — | +4.2% | — | +4.7% | — | +4.7% | — | +3.2% | — | +3.9% | — | +3.4% | — | +4.3% | — |
Range$0 – $707M
CAGR-100.0%
Avg YoY Growth+4.1%
Median YoY Growth+4.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Caterpillar's dividends payable?
- Caterpillar (CAT) reported dividends payable of $0 in Q1 2026.
- What is the long-term trend for Caterpillar's dividends payable?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Caterpillar's dividends payable has grown at a 4.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $562M to $703M.
- What does dividends payable mean?
- The total amount of declared dividends that the company owes to shareholders but has not yet paid.