Caterpillar Inc.

NYSE CAT

Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2024: 57.98%

Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) is 57.98% for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2024, a 15.70% change year over year. Return on equity measures profit against shareholder equity; higher ROE indicates superior profitability and value creation.

Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2023 was 50.11%, a 10.25% change year over year.
Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2022 was 45.45%, a 44.33% change year over year.
Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2021 was 31.49%, a 36.44% change year over year.
Caterpillar Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) for the Trailing 12 Months (TTM) ending September 30, 2020 was 23.08%, a -43.41% change year over year.

Key data

Date	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	Interest Coverage Ratio	Debt to Equity Ratio

NYSE: CAT

Caterpillar Inc.

CEO	Mr. D. James Umpleby III
IPO Date	Dec. 2, 1929
Location	United States
Headquarters	510 Lake Cook Road
Employees	113,200
Sector	Industrials
Industries Machinery Automobiles & Vehicles Automotive Parts Coal Composite Materials Electric Vehicles (EVs) Oil & Gas Petrochemicals

Description

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, compact track and multi-terrain loaders, excavators, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; mini, small, medium, and large excavators; compact, small, and medium wheel loaders; track-type tractors and loaders; and wheel excavators. The Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, fleet management, landfill compactors, soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, select work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions, turbines and turbine-related services, remanufactured reciprocating engines and components, centrifugal gas compressors, diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products and services for marine, oil and gas, industrial, and electric power generation sectors. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans; and insurance and risk management products for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, etc. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

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