Caterpillar Inc. (CAT): share count change, 10 filed years
Share count change at Caterpillar Inc. was -3.5% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from -5.3% (FY2019) to 2.6% (FY2017), with a median of -3.2%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: -3.5%, 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 | Share count change | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | -2.8% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-15 |
| FY2017 | 2.6% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-15 |
| FY2018 | 0.0% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-14 |
| FY2019 | -5.3% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-19 |
| FY2020 | -3.3% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-17 |
| FY2021 | -0.0% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-16 |
| FY2022 | -3.3% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-15 |
| FY2023 | -3.2% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-16 |
| FY2024 | -4.7% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-14 |
| FY2025 | -3.5% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-13 |
How each year is computed
(Diluted shares this year - diluted shares last year) / diluted shares last year x 100
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.