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Caterpillar CAT EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

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CumminsCMI
2.4×+0.9×
Wells Fargo & Company logo
Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC
3.4×-1.2×
Deere & Company logo
Deere & CompanyDE
4.2×0.0×
Wabtec logo
WabtecWAB
4.3×+1.0×
United Rentals logo
United RentalsURI
3.8×+0.2×
Generac Holdings logo
Generac HoldingsGNRC
2.9×+0.9×

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 assets$95.6B+12.5%

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

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

Calculated from Caterpillar’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
Caterpillar (CAT) reported EV / sales of 4.4× in Q4 2025.
How has Caterpillar's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Caterpillar's EV / sales increased by 41.0% year-over-year, from 3.1× to 4.4×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.