Stock Analysis on Net

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Caterpillar Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Profit of consolidated and affiliated companies 2,790 2,463 2,681 2,854 2,673 2,793 2,924 1,942 1,454 2,040 1,673 1,537 2,120 1,428 1,414 1,531 780 671 459 1,093
Depreciation and amortization 555 543 531 524 545 525 542 532 558 551 553 557 586 593 587 586 617 593 608 614
Actuarial (gain) loss on pension and postretirement benefits (154) (97) (606) (833) 438 77 122 (254)
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes (292) (196) (79) (54) (144) (93) (164) (191) (28) (66) (184) (99) (62) (389) (41) 109 (36) (6) (52) 20
(Gain) loss on divestiture 228 (64) 572
Goodwill impairment charge 925
Other 343 116 110 (5) 170 99 (11) 117 569 83 101 (52) 114 122 84 (104) 81 245 140 534
Receivables, trade and other (130) 215 (164) (81) (118) 146 (136) (329) (585) 82 655 (372) (933) 17 200 (543) (31) 297 676 500
Inventories 367 (138) (204) (439) 1,060 136 (157) (1,403) 499 (1,085) (971) (1,032) (391) (1,016) (522) (657) 105 6 396 (541)
Accounts payable (186) (75) (224) 203 (222) (566) (443) 477 12 359 (25) 452 809 339 160 733 694 59 (745) 90
Accrued expenses 182 (60) 107 (38) 208 207 343 38 247 150 (6) (74) 150 24 (62) 84 (80) (33) (156) (97)
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits 308 385 398 (1,454) 486 562 388 (950) 75 460 520 (965) 173 316 427 191 3 101 74 (722)
Customer advances (106) 135 62 279 (436) 232 (81) 365 17 237 203 311 (5) (10) (9) 58 (139) 15 (118) 116
Other assets, net (217) 100 (40) 60 (223) 47 (26) 107 (267) (29) (13) 99 (235) 185 (103) 56 (186) (8) 43 (50)
Other liabilities, net (67) 81 (385) 267 101 (28) 70 296 (131) (301) (273) (49) (81) 131 (17) (116) (174) (283) (56) (173)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures 151 643 (450) (1,203) 856 736 (42) (1,399) (133) (127) 90 (1,630) (513) (14) 74 (194) 192 154 114 (877)
Adjustments to reconcile profit to net cash provided by operating activities 603 1,106 340 (802) 1,330 1,267 325 (369) 1,285 441 560 (1,224) (708) 312 704 397 1,292 1,063 932 37
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,393 3,569 3,021 2,052 4,003 4,060 3,249 1,573 2,739 2,481 2,233 313 1,412 1,740 2,118 1,928 2,072 1,734 1,391 1,130
Capital expenditures, excluding equipment leased to others (703) (444) (341) (500) (536) (378) (261) (422) (428) (282) (240) (346) (420) (254) (167) (252) (292) (214) (167) (305)
Expenditures for equipment leased to others (334) (279) (378) (236) (318) (403) (446) (328) (280) (335) (355) (333) (365) (333) (429) (252) (332) (279) (283) (243)
Proceeds from disposals of leased assets and property, plant and equipment 181 199 187 155 218 195 184 184 164 198 199 269 388 241 327 309 222 168 166 216
Additions to finance receivables (3,952) (4,011) (4,190) (3,256) (4,079) (4,109) (3,953) (3,020) (3,325) (3,209) (3,717) (2,988) (3,399) (3,400) (3,574) (2,629) (3,107) (2,566) (3,759) (2,953)
Collections of finance receivables 3,374 3,491 3,603 3,140 3,643 3,632 3,590 3,169 3,439 3,219 3,553 2,966 3,209 3,641 2,810 2,770 2,990 2,855 3,648 3,153
Proceeds from sale of finance receivables 14 32 24 13 23 11 5 24 7 29 12 9 7 17 22 5 5 6 31
Investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (2) (32) (8) (47) (15) (5) (44) (8) (28) (8) (41) (51) (12) (386) (18) (44) (14) (35)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and investments, net of cash sold 6 (6) (103) 42 10 (14) 1 13 (5) 28 12 13
Proceeds from maturities and sale of securities 314 267 707 1,867 1,144 284 224 239 303 876 633 571 361 148 150 126 106 88 83 68
Investments in securities (603) (369) (248) (275) (716) (2,611) (542) (536) (678) (281) (680) (1,438) (832) (434) (352) (148) (126) (143) (189) (180)
Other, net 56 80 49 8 65 (9) 15 26 (1) (17) 47 (15) 87 55 (15) (48) 14 (87) (28) 35
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities (1,649) (1,040) (722) 958 (554) (3,435) (1,199) (683) (843) 190 (575) (1,313) (992) (375) (1,240) (477) (526) (216) (530) (213)
Dividends paid (680) (683) (635) (648) (662) (663) (618) (620) (620) (633) (592) (595) (599) (607) (564) (562) (560) (558) (558) (567)
Common stock issued, including treasury shares reissued 5 7 16 (8) (24) 58 3 (25) 49 (2) 32 (28) 13 (1) 58 65 119 120 13 (23)
Payments to purchase common stock (640) (782) (1,820) (4,455) (2,766) (380) (1,429) (400) (921) (1,385) (1,104) (820) (1,046) (1,371) (251) (87) (1,043)
Excise tax paid on purchases of common stock (40)
Machinery, Energy & Transportation 494 1,976 15
Financial Products 2,704 3,428 1,420 2,731 1,897 3,061 1,782 1,517 1,104 1,555 1,884 2,131 58 2,025 2,633 1,779 1,013 3,259 2,042 2,126
Proceeds from debt issued, original maturities greater than three months 2,704 3,428 1,420 2,731 1,897 3,061 1,782 1,517 1,104 1,555 1,884 2,131 58 2,025 2,633 2,273 1,013 3,259 4,018 2,141
Machinery, Energy & Transportation (11) (7) (1,008) (6) (7) (4) (5) (90) (5) (7) (7) (6) (9) (8) (1,258) (644) (8) (6) (6) (6)
Financial Products (2,443) (1,638) (2,639) (1,564) (1,852) (2,152) (823) (1,385) (2,434) (1,036) (2,852) (1,381) (1,167) (2,646) (1,821) (2,243) (1,440) (2,154) (2,157) (2,460)
Payments on debt, original maturities greater than three months (2,454) (1,645) (3,647) (1,570) (1,859) (2,156) (828) (1,475) (2,439) (1,043) (2,859) (1,387) (1,176) (2,654) (3,079) (2,887) (1,448) (2,160) (2,163) (2,466)
Short-term borrowings, net, original maturities three months or less 680 (1,535) 1,737 (1,050) 381 (1,320) (303) (103) 1,713 (758) 463 (1,016) 2,164 (136) (199) 1,659 (666) (1,661) (437) (40)
Other, net (1) (9) (1) (2) (2) (1)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (426) (1,210) (2,929) (5,000) (3,033) (1,400) (1,393) (1,106) (1,123) (2,267) (2,176) (1,715) (586) (2,746) (1,402) 546 (1,542) (1,000) 786 (1,999)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (67) (22) 13 (30) 9 (59) (59) (1) (115) (72) 9 (16) (20) (12) 15 (12) 43 10 14 (80)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,251 1,297 (617) (2,020) 425 (834) 598 (217) 658 332 (509) (2,731) (186) (1,393) (509) 1,985 47 528 1,661 (1,162)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Caterpillar Inc. net cash provided by operating activities increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 but then slightly decreased from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Net cash (used for) provided by investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Caterpillar Inc. net cash (used for) provided by investing activities decreased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Caterpillar Inc. net cash provided by (used for) financing activities increased from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024 and from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024.