Where is CATERPILLAR INC's capital expenditure disclosed?

    The figure, the filing and period it comes from, and the reported definition.

    The answer

    $2.82B

    Capital expenditure, fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025

    Document: 10-K filed 2026-02-13 (accession 0000018230-26-000008)

    Reported as XBRL element PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment).

    Definition: The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

    Calculation: none — the value is reported directly.

    Source register

    Period endValueFormFiledAccession
    Dec 31, 2018$1.28B10-K2021-02-170000018230-21-000063
    Dec 31, 2019$1.06B10-K2022-02-160000018230-22-000050
    Dec 31, 2020$978.0M10-K2023-02-150000018230-23-000011
    Dec 31, 2021$1.09B10-K2024-02-160000018230-24-000009
    Dec 31, 2022$1.30B10-K2025-02-140000018230-25-000008
    Dec 31, 2023$1.60B10-K2026-02-130000018230-26-000008
    Dec 31, 2024$1.99B10-K2026-02-130000018230-26-000008
    Dec 31, 2025$2.82B10-K2026-02-130000018230-26-000008

    Sources · Calculation method · Revision history

    Figures come from SEC EDGAR structured financial data (XBRL companyfacts). Each value is the latest filed figure for its period; the filing, form, date and XBRL tag are shown next to it. Components a company does not tag are shown as not disclosed rather than estimated.

    Version 1 · published Oct 20, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC. Not investment advice.