Caterpillar Pre-Tax Income decreased by 3.2% to $3.03B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 6.7%, from $3.24B to $3.03B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Pre-Tax Income shows an upward trend with a 8.9% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
This represents the total pool of earnings available to be split between the government and shareholders.
A company's total earnings including both operating and non-operating items, before the provision for income taxes is ap...
Used to calculate the effective tax rate when compared to the final tax expense.
is_income_before_tax| 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 | |
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| Value | $1.87B | $1.78B | $2.56B | $2.00B | $2.10B | $2.56B | $2.10B | $2.63B | $3.65B | $3.52B | $3.25B | $3.53B | $3.50B | $3.10B | $3.24B | $2.57B | $2.82B | $3.13B | $3.03B |
| QoQ Change | — | -5.1% | +44.3% | -22.0% | +4.9% | +22.0% | -17.9% | +25.5% | +38.6% | -3.8% | -7.6% | +8.7% | -0.9% | -11.5% | +4.7% | -20.8% | +9.6% | +11.0% | -3.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +12.1% | +44.1% | -18.1% | +31.8% | +74.2% | +37.4% | +54.8% | +34.1% | -4.2% | -11.9% | -0.2% | -27.2% | -19.5% | +0.9% | -6.7% |
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