Caterpillar Inc. balance sheet
At the end of its fiscal year on Dec 31, 2025, Caterpillar Inc. reported total assets of $98.58B and shareholders' equity of $21.32B. That works out to liabilities equal to 78% of assets, a current ratio of 1.44 (current assets ÷ current liabilities), long-term debt of 1.44× shareholders' equity.
Balance sheet at each fiscal year end
| Fiscal year ended | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | $74.70B | $76.96B | $78.51B | $78.45B | $78.32B | $82.79B | $81.94B | $87.48B | $87.76B | $98.58B |
| Current assets | $31.97B | $36.24B | $38.60B | $39.19B | $39.46B | $43.45B | $43.78B | $46.95B | $45.68B | $52.48B |
| Cash & equivalents | $7.20B | $8.32B | $7.89B | $8.29B | $9.35B | $9.25B | $7.00B | $6.98B | $6.89B | $9.98B |
| Total liabilities | $61.49B | $63.20B | $64.43B | $63.82B | $62.95B | $66.28B | $66.05B | $67.97B | $68.27B | $77.27B |
| Current liabilities | $26.13B | $26.93B | $28.22B | $26.62B | $25.72B | $29.85B | $31.53B | $34.73B | $32.27B | $36.56B |
| Long-term debt | $22.82B | $23.85B | $25.00B | $26.28B | $26.00B | $26.03B | $25.71B | $24.47B | $27.35B | $30.70B |
| Shareholders' equity | $13.23B | $13.77B | $14.08B | $14.63B | $15.38B | $16.52B | $15.89B | $19.50B | $19.49B | $21.32B |
| Reported in | 10-K 2019 | 10-K 2019 | 10-K 2020 | 10-K 2021 | 10-K 2022 | 10-K 2023 | 10-K 2024 | 10-K 2025 | 10-K 2026 | 10-K 2026 |
Balance-sheet figures are point-in-time values on the last day of each fiscal year. Some companies (for example banks and insurers) do not present current assets and liabilities; those cells show —.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts for CIK 18230 (raw data). Most recent filing in this dataset: 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026. SEC data file dated Nov 3, 2026; page built Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as most recently reported, including restatements. How we select figures.