Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Inventory Turnover Ratio, from third quarter 2026 to third quarter 2025, current and historic results, rankings and more, Quarterly Fundamentals - CSIMarket
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Caterpillar Inc Inventory Turnover Ratio (COS)

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Due to inventory build up in the third quarter 2026, Caterpillar Inc's inventory turnover ratio sequentially decreased to 2.52 in the third quarter 2026, unsurprisingly, as the Caterpillar Inc markets continue to deteriorate, and CAT's faces growing challenges to bring down its inventories. Caterpillar Inc's average inventory processing period in the Sep 30 2026 quarter, has increased to 145 days, from 144 days, in the Jun 30 2026 quarter.

Within Capital Goods sector 151 other companies have achieved higher inventory turnover ratio. While Inventory turnover ratio total ranking has improved so far during the III Quarter 2026, to 1410, from total ranking in the second quarter 2026 at 1622.

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CAT Inventory Turnover Ratio (Sep 30 2026)
III. Quarter		 (Jun 30 2026)
II. Quarter		 (Mar 31 2026)
I. Quarter		 (Dec 31 2025)
IV. Quarter		 (Sep 30 2025)
III. Quarter
Y / Y Inventory Growth 17.17 % 10.93 % 9.88 % 7.77 % 9.51 %
Y / Y Cost of Sales Growth 14.21 % 18.27 % 26.11 % 28.93 % 15.96 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio (TTM) 2.52 2.54 2.5 2.43 2.31
CAT's Total Ranking # 1410 # 1622 # 1500 # 1508 # 1515
Average inventory processing period 145 144 146 150 158
Seq. Inventory Growth 7.69 % 5.1 % 8.22 % -4.34 % 1.95 %
Seq. Cost of Sales Growth 4.31 % 13.05 % -15.04 % 14 % 8.01 %




Inventory Turnover Ratio Company Ranking
Within: No.
Construction & Mining Machinery Industry # 11
Capital Goods Sector # 152
Overall Market # 1410

Inventory Turnover Ratio Statistics
High Average Low
5.18 3.26 2.28
(Sep. 30, 2005)   (Jun 30 2025)



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Financial Statements
Caterpillar Inc's Inventories $ 22,214 Millions Visit CAT's Balance sheet
Caterpillar Inc's Cost of Revenues TTM $ 50,726 Millions Visit CAT's Income Statement
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Nn Inc   6.06 $ 413.817  Millions$ 68  Millions
Winnebago Industries Inc   5.72 $ 2,352.200  Millions$ 411  Millions
Mastercraft Boat Holdings Inc   5.70 $ 336.303  Millions$ 59  Millions
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions inc   5.67 $ 1,267.500  Millions$ 224  Millions
Array Technologies Inc   5.43 $ 871.454  Millions$ 161  Millions
Xylem Inc   5.40 $ 5,454.000  Millions$ 1,011  Millions
The Gorman rupp Company  5.37 $ 489.188  Millions$ 91  Millions
Textron Inc   5.26 $ 24,203.000  Millions$ 4,605  Millions
Aaon Inc   5.24 $ 1,680.376  Millions$ 320  Millions
Trane Technologies Plc  5.14 $ 12,504.600  Millions$ 2,430  Millions
Illinois Tool Works Inc  4.90 $ 8,537.000  Millions$ 1,741  Millions
Snap on Inc  4.87 $ 5,080.200  Millions$ 1,043  Millions
Hyster yale Inc   4.44 $ 2,851.200  Millions$ 643  Millions
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc  4.41 $ 2,994.917  Millions$ 679  Millions
Spx Technologies Inc   4.33 $ 1,561.300  Millions$ 360  Millions
Zebra Technologies Corporation  4.18 $ 3,138.000  Millions$ 751  Millions
Terex Corporation  4.07 $ 6,154.000  Millions$ 1,513  Millions
Idex Corp  3.97 $ 2,016.800  Millions$ 507  Millions
Chicago Rivet and Machine Co   3.95 $ 25.247  Millions$ 6  Millions
Standex International Corp  3.92 $ 521.192  Millions$ 133  Millions
Eaton Corporation Plc  3.92 $ 20,774.000  Millions$ 5,306  Millions
Graham Corporation  3.91 $ 199.628  Millions$ 51  Millions
Littelfuse Inc  3.86 $ 1,651.890  Millions$ 428  Millions
Distribution Solutions Group Inc   3.78 $ 1,424.074  Millions$ 376  Millions
Flowserve Corp  3.78 $ 3,093.226  Millions$ 819  Millions
Itt Inc   3.77 $ 3,316.200  Millions$ 880  Millions
Ouster Inc   3.76 $ 114.007  Millions$ 30  Millions
Ingersoll Rand Inc   3.74 $ 4,581.800  Millions$ 1,225  Millions
Dover Corp  3.74 $ 5,173.828  Millions$ 1,383  Millions
Jbt Marel Corporation  3.73 $ 2,529.900  Millions$ 679  Millions

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