Caterpillar Inc's Cash & cash equivalent grew by 162.01 % in the Q2 2026 sequentially, faster than Current Liabilities, this led to improvement in Caterpillar Inc's Quick Ratio to 0.27, above Caterpillar Inc average Quick Ratio.

Within Construction & Mining Machinery industry 8 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Caterpillar Inc in second quarter 2026. While Quick Ratio total ranking has improved so far during the Q2 2026 to 3008, from total ranking in the first quarter 2026 at 3623.

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CAT Quick Ratio	(Jun 30 2026) Q2	(Mar 31 2026) Q1	(Dec 31 2025) Q4	(Sep 30 2025) Q3	(Jun 30 2025) Q2
Y / Y Current Liabilities Change	33.62 %	28.3 %	38.8 %	33.65 %	3.67 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent Change	96.05 %	14.32 %	44.87 %	33.7 %	25.36 %
Quick Ratio MRQ	0.27	0.11	0.27	0.21	0.18
CAT's Total Ranking	# 3008	# 3623	# 2897	# 2862	# 2875
Seq. Current Liabilities Change	10.83 %	-1.79 %	1.58 %	20.86 %	6.41 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent Change	162.01 %	-59.2 %	32.4 %	38.52 %	52.78 %

Quick Ratio second quarter 2026 Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Construction & Mining Machinery Industry	# 9
Capital Goods Sector	# 168
Overall Market	# 3008

Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.46	0.19	0.03
(June 30. 2011)		(Dec. 31, 2003)

Financial Statements
Caterpillar Inc's Current Liabilities	$ 39,790 Millions	Visit CAT's Balance sheet
Caterpillar Inc's Cash & cash equivalent	$ 10,669 Millions	Visit CAT's Balance sheet
Source of CAT's Sales		Visit CAT's Sales by Geography

Cumulative Caterpillar Inc's Quick Ratio

CAT's Quick Ratio for the trailling 12 Months

CAT Quick Ratio	(Jun 30 2026) 12 Months	(Mar 31 2026) 12 Months	(Dec 31 2025) 12 Months	(Sep 30 2025) 12 Months	(Jun 30 2025) 12 Months
Y / Y Current Liabilities TTM Growth	33.52 %	25.69 %	18.38 %	6.61 %	-2.38 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	49.83 %	32.32 %	21.51 %	6.91 %	-5.66 %
Quick Ratio TTM	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.19
Total Ranking TTM	# 4172	# 4097	# 2989	# 3314	# 3197
Seq. Current Liabilities TTM Growth	7.24 %	6.08 %	8.51 %	8.16 %	0.96 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	19.34 %	1.92 %	13.19 %	8.82 %	5.39 %

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On the trailing twelve months basis CAT Cash & cash equivalent soared by 96.05 % in Q2 2026 year on year, faster than Current Liabilities, this led to increase in in Caterpillar Inc's Quick Ratio to 0.22, above CAT average Quick Ratio.
Quick Ratio is the average cumulative value over the last four quarters.

Among companies operating within Construction & Mining Machinery industry 17 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Caterpillar Inc. While Quick Ratio total ranking has deteriorated compared to the previous twelve months ending in the first quarter 2026 from 4097 to 4172.

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TTM Quick Ratio Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Within the Construction & Mining Machinery Industry	# 18
Capital Goods Sector	# 268
Within the Market	# 4172

trailing twelve months Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
0.39	0.21	0.03
(Jun 30 2021)		(June 30. 2007)

Companies with similar Quick Ratio in the quarter ending Jun 30 2026, within Construction & Mining Machinery Industry	Quick Ratio	Jun 30 2026 MRQ Cash & cash equivalent	Jun 30 2026 MRQ Current Liabilities
Cnh Industrial N v	0.57	$ 2,464.000 Millions	$ 4,335.000 Millions
Hudson Technologies Inc	0.38	$ 25.600 Millions	$ 67.508 Millions
Blue Bird Corporation	0.37	$ 116.824 Millions	$ 313.346 Millions
Caterpillar Inc	0.27	$ 10,669.000 Millions	$ 39,790.000 Millions
Aebi Schmidt Holding Ag	0.24	$ 109.734 Millions	$ 452.601 Millions
Astec Industries Inc	0.24	$ 78.600 Millions	$ 324.400 Millions
Distribution Solutions Group Inc	0.23	$ 75.480 Millions	$ 326.853 Millions
Terex Corporation	0.22	$ 407.000 Millions	$ 1,857.000 Millions
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc	0.21	$ 127.130 Millions	$ 612.411 Millions
Columbus Mckinnon Corp	0.18	$ 98.410 Millions	$ 561.905 Millions
The Manitowoc Company Inc	0.17	$ 95.800 Millions	$ 577.300 Millions
Willis Lease Finance Corp	0.10	$ 10.725 Millions	$ 103.306 Millions
Hyster yale Inc	0.07	$ 72.600 Millions	$ 999.600 Millions

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