Caterpillar CAT Free cash flow yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Caterpillar’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
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 free cash flow yield?
- Caterpillar (CAT) reported free cash flow yield of 2.9% in Q1 2026.
- How has Caterpillar's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
- Caterpillar's free cash flow yield decreased by 50.0% year-over-year, from 5.8% to 2.9%.
- What is the long-term trend for Caterpillar's free cash flow yield?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Caterpillar's free cash flow yield has grown at a -5.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22.9% to 18.2%.
- What does free cash flow yield mean?
- The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
- How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
- Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
- How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
- Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.