Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): net debt to ebitda, 10 filed years
Net debt/EBITDA at Caterpillar Inc. was 2.01x in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 7 computed years from FY2019 it ranged from 1.50x (FY2023) to 2.76x (FY2020), with a median of 2.19x.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 2.01x, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Net debt/EBITDA | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 10-K, filed 2017-02-15 |
| FY2017 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 10-K, filed 2018-02-15 |
| FY2018 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 10-K, filed 2019-02-14 |
| FY2019 | 2.19x | 10-K, filed 2020-02-19 |
| FY2020 | 2.76x | 10-K, filed 2021-02-17 |
| FY2021 | 2.47x | 10-K, filed 2022-02-16 |
| FY2022 | 2.49x | 10-K, filed 2023-02-15 |
| FY2023 | 1.50x | 10-K, filed 2024-02-16 |
| FY2024 | 1.67x | 10-K, filed 2025-02-14 |
| FY2025 | 2.01x | 10-K, filed 2026-02-13 |
How each year is computed
(Total debt - cash) / EBITDA
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.