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Caterpillar Inc. reports news on its global equipment, power and financing businesses. The company manufactures construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives, with operating activity organized around Power & Energy, Construction Industries and Resource Industries.
Recurring updates include quarterly results, segment sales, machine and power-system retail demand, dividend and share-repurchase actions, Cat Financial performance, shareholder meeting materials, executive and board changes, dealer-supported customer activity and strategic power-generation or workforce initiatives tied to advanced manufacturing and technician skills.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) released its 2025 Annual and Sustainability Reports, highlighting record full-year sales and revenues in its centennial year and a refreshed strategy for profitable growth.
The strategy centers on Commercial Excellence, Advanced Technology Leader and Transform How We Work, alongside progress toward 2030 sustainability goals, a $100 million five-year workforce skills pledge, and Caterpillar Foundation global giving surpassing $1 billion in 2025.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) opened registration May 7, 2026 for the Building the Future Workforce Challenge, a global competition offering $1 million in awards to attract, retain and upskill advanced manufacturing and technician workers. The challenge is part of Caterpillar's five‑year, $100 million pledge.
Registration is open to nonprofit and for‑profit organizations worldwide and closes at 5:00 p.m. ET on July 30, 2026. The program is operated by CARROT and finalists will be announced in early 2027.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) will hold a virtual annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. CDT. Shareholders of record at the close of business on April 13, 2026, or their legal proxy holders, may participate, submit questions, and vote.
Registration, attendance details and the items of business are listed on page 84 of Caterpillar's 2026 proxy statement at www.caterpillar.com/proxymaterials.
Cat Financial (CAT) reported Q1 2026 results: revenues $947 million (+10% YoY) and profit $144 million (+11% YoY). Profit before taxes was $195 million (+12%). Retail new business volume rose to $3.19 billion (+8%). Past dues improved to 1.39%; allowance for credit losses was $283 million (0.86%).
Write-offs net of recoveries increased to $29 million. Estimated annual tax rate for Q1 2026 was 26%.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) reported first-quarter 2026 results: sales and revenues $17.4B (up 22% vs. Q1 2025) and profit per share $5.47 (adjusted $5.54). Operating profit was $3.085B and operating margin 17.7%. Enterprise operating cash flow was $1.9B; cash ended at $4.1B. The company deployed $5.7B for share repurchases and dividends in Q1.
Sales growth was driven by higher sales volume (+$2.3B) and price realization (+$426M), with substantial increases in Construction Industries and Power & Energy.
ProPetro (NYSE: PUMP) said PROPWR reached a strategic framework agreement with Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) to purchase at least 1.5 GW of incremental power generation assets, with an option to reach ~2.1 GW over five years. Combined with ~550 MW previously ordered, PROPWR targets ~2.6 GW delivered by year-end 2031 and fully deployed in 2032. Funding is planned from ProPetro free cash flow, growth in the power segment, and flexible financing; a recent equity offering strengthened the balance sheet and liquidity.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) will report first-quarter 2026 results at 5:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, April 30, 2026. A real-time, listen-only teleconference and webcast for analysts and institutional investors begins at 7:30 a.m. CDT that day.
Supporting materials, the full release, transcript and replay will be available at investors.caterpillar.com/financials/quarterly-results. The release will be furnished to the SEC on Form 8-K. Conference ID: 6824010. Toll-free dial-in: (800) 715-9871; international: +1 (646) 307-1963.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) announced that CFO Andrew Bonfield will retire effective Oct. 1, 2026. Kyle Epley is appointed CFO effective May 1, 2026, with Bonfield serving in an advisory role through Oct. 1, 2026. Bonfield cited eight years with the company and stewardship during record results, including a single-quarter record of $19.1 billion in Q4 2025.
The move replaces a decorated finance leader with an internal successor who has nearly three decades of Caterpillar experience and prior division CFO and controller roles.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) said its Board will maintain the quarterly cash dividend of $1.51 per share, payable May 19, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business April 20, 2026.
Caterpillar has paid a cash dividend every year since formation, quarterly since 1933, and has increased annual dividends for 32 consecutive years; it is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.
Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:CAT) executed a 5-year PPA for 120 MW (50% of a 240 MW order) with an investment-grade tech infrastructure subsidiary, with delivery starting late 2026 and commissioning in H1 2027. Atlas expects these assets to generate $50–55M of annualized Adjusted Free Cash Flow once operational.
The company updated Q1 2026 guidance to Adjusted EBITDA $26–30M after higher-than-expected Kermit maintenance, third-party sand purchases (~150k tons), and transient trucking and diesel cost spikes; Atlas expects Q2 Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $50M.