CAT's Growth Comparisons in I. Quarter 2026
With 22.22% year on year Revenue increase in the first quarter 2026, Caterpillar Inc outperformed the 16.64% rise in the Construction & Mining Machinery industry, and 9.66% growth in the Capital Goods sector. Comparing the first quarter sales growth, both Construction & Mining Machinery industry and Caterpillar Inc outperformed 10.9% overall market increase.
Top-line fell by -8.98% from the fourth quarter. Average annual sales growth for Caterpillar Inc is 10.12%, while S & P 500's average yearly sales increase is 13.48%, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 financial results.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| Corporate Items |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations and Reconciling Items |
|
- |
- |
| North America |
|
32.2 % |
- |
| North America Corporate Items |
|
- |
- |
| Latin America |
|
5.08 % |
- |
| Latin America Corporate Items |
|
- |
- |
| EAME |
|
20.03 % |
- |
| EAME Corporate Items |
|
- |
- |
| Asia Pacific |
|
3.82 % |
- |
| Asia Pacific Corporate Items |
|
- |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable Excluding InterEliminations |
|
22.44 % |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable segments |
|
22.07 % |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
32.58 % |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable Latin America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
4.95 % |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
20.12 % |
- |
| Total sales and revenues from reportable Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
3.9 % |
- |
| Power Energy |
|
21.58 % |
- |
| Power Energy Excluding InterEliminations |
|
22.75 % |
- |
| Power Energy InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| Power Energy North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
33.33 % |
- |
| Power Energy Latin America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
-14.72 % |
- |
| Power Energy EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
11.21 % |
- |
| Power Energy Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
17.28 % |
- |
| Construction Industries Excluding InterEliminations |
|
38.06 % |
- |
| Construction Industries InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| Construction Industries |
|
38.14 % |
- |
| Construction Industries North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
47.8 % |
- |
| Construction Industries Latin America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
28.97 % |
- |
| Construction Industries EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
38.29 % |
- |
| Construction Industries Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
10.59 % |
- |
| Resource Industries |
|
3.71 % |
- |
| Resource Industries Excluding InterEliminations |
|
3.46 % |
- |
| Resource Industries InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| Resource Industries North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
14.04 % |
- |
| Resource Industries Latin America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
-5.61 % |
- |
| Resource Industries EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
9.8 % |
- |
| Resource Industries Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
-13.72 % |
- |
| Financial Products Related Party |
|
12.27 % |
- |
| Financial Products Excluding InterEliminations |
|
8.84 % |
- |
| Financial Products Segment |
|
8.84 % |
- |
| Financial Products North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
8.65 % |
- |
| Financial Products Latin America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
12.12 % |
- |
| Financial Products EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
9.02 % |
- |
| Financial Products Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
6.73 % |
- |
| All Other Excluding InterEliminations |
|
9.09 % |
- |
| All Other InterSales and |
|
- |
- |
| All Other Segment |
|
10 % |
- |
| All Other North America Excluding InterEliminations |
|
-12.5 % |
- |
| All Other EAME Excluding InterEliminations |
|
200 % |
- |
| All Other Asia Pacific Excluding InterEliminations |
|
0 % |
- |
| Power Energy Power Generation |
|
41.13 % |
- |
| Power Energy Oil and Gas |
|
13.12 % |
- |
| Power Energy Industrial |
|
5.21 % |
- |
| Resource Industries Mining HC and Q A |
|
3.94 % |
- |
| Resource Industries Rail |
|
1.61 % |
- |
| Total from Reportable Segments |
|
22.07 % |
- |
| Total |
|
22.22 % |
- |
Caterpillar Inc showed impressive 30.24% year on year rise in the first quarter to $5.47, despite the -11.04% inConstruction & Mining Machinery industry, Capital Goods sector grew 4.42%. Slow first quarter 2026 income per share, in Construction & Mining Machinery industry and Capital Goods sector, were portrayed in the Caterpillar Inc results which underperformed overall market.
Comparing company's EPS to the fourth quarter results, income per share were higher by 7.47% . On the yearly basis, average annual income per share growth for Caterpillar Inc is 28.07%, while S & P 500's including only the businesses with the first quarter 2026 Results, average annual income per share growth is 30.75% over the past five years.