Stock Analysis on Net

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Caterpillar Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Profit of consolidated and affiliated companies 2,673 2,793 2,924 1,942 1,454 2,040 1,673 1,537 2,120 1,428 1,414 1,531 780 671 459 1,093 1,097 1,494 1,619 1,884
Depreciation and amortization 545 525 542 532 558 551 553 557 586 593 587 586 617 593 608 614 644 645 647 641
Net (gain) loss on remeasurement of pension obligations (97) (606) (833) 438 77 122 (254) 468
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes (144) (93) (164) (191) (28) (66) (184) (99) (62) (389) (41) 109 (36) (6) (52) 20 41 21 (23) (11)
Loss on divestiture 572
Goodwill impairment charge 925
Other 170 99 (11) 117 569 83 101 (52) 114 122 84 (104) 81 245 140 534 48 187 352 88
Adjustments for non-cash items 474 531 367 1,030 1,418 568 470 406 (195) 326 630 591 1,100 909 818 914 1,201 853 976 718
Receivables, trade and other (118) 146 (136) (329) (585) 82 655 (372) (933) 17 200 (543) (31) 297 676 500 (256) 593 (16) (150)
Inventories 1,060 136 (157) (1,403) 499 (1,085) (971) (1,032) (391) (1,016) (522) (657) 105 6 396 (541) 950 (189) 326 (813)
Accounts payable (222) (566) (443) 477 12 359 (25) 452 809 339 160 733 694 59 (745) 90 (356) (803) (221) 355
Accrued expenses 208 207 343 38 247 150 (6) (74) 150 24 (62) 84 (80) (33) (156) (97) 58 (37) 16 135
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits 486 562 388 (950) 75 460 520 (965) 173 316 427 191 3 101 74 (722) 101 121 206 (1,185)
Customer advances (436) 232 (81) 365 17 237 203 311 (5) (10) (9) 58 (139) 15 (118) 116 (179) 155 (91) 105
Other assets, net (223) 47 (26) 107 (267) (29) (13) 99 (235) 185 (103) 56 (186) (8) 43 (50) (112) 139 (113) (7)
Other liabilities, net 101 (28) 70 296 (131) (301) (273) (49) (81) 131 (17) (116) (174) (283) (56) (173) (70) (1,557) (114) 79
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures 856 736 (42) (1,399) (133) (127) 90 (1,630) (513) (14) 74 (194) 192 154 114 (877) 136 (1,578) (7) (1,481)
Net cash provided by operating activities 4,003 4,060 3,249 1,573 2,739 2,481 2,233 313 1,412 1,740 2,118 1,928 2,072 1,734 1,391 1,130 2,434 769 2,588 1,121
Capital expenditures, excluding equipment leased to others (536) (378) (261) (422) (428) (282) (240) (346) (420) (254) (167) (252) (292) (214) (167) (305) (333) (244) (201) (278)
Expenditures for equipment leased to others (318) (403) (446) (328) (280) (335) (355) (333) (365) (333) (429) (252) (332) (279) (283) (243) (480) (387) (477) (269)
Proceeds from disposals of leased assets and property, plant and equipment 218 195 184 184 164 198 199 269 388 241 327 309 222 168 166 216 341 390 213 209
Additions to finance receivables (4,079) (4,109) (3,953) (3,020) (3,325) (3,209) (3,717) (2,988) (3,399) (3,400) (3,574) (2,629) (3,107) (2,566) (3,759) (2,953) (3,324) (3,272) (3,566) (2,615)
Collections of finance receivables 3,643 3,632 3,590 3,169 3,439 3,219 3,553 2,966 3,209 3,641 2,810 2,770 2,990 2,855 3,648 3,153 3,039 3,242 3,084 2,818
Proceeds from sale of finance receivables 23 11 5 24 7 29 12 9 7 17 22 5 5 6 31 52 64 75 44
Investments and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (8) (47) (15) (5) (44) (8) (28) (8) (41) (51) (12) (386) (18) (44) (14) (35) (41) (3) (1) (2)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and investments, net of cash sold 10 (14) 1 13 (5) 28 12 13 38 3
Proceeds from maturities and sale of securities 1,144 284 224 239 303 876 633 571 361 148 150 126 106 88 83 68 248 111 113 57
Investments in securities (716) (2,611) (542) (536) (678) (281) (680) (1,438) (832) (434) (352) (148) (126) (143) (189) (180) (127) (182) (136) (107)
Other, net 65 (9) 15 26 (1) (17) 47 (15) 87 55 (15) (48) 14 (87) (28) 35 13 3 (2) (38)
Net cash used for investing activities (554) (3,435) (1,199) (683) (843) 190 (575) (1,313) (992) (375) (1,240) (477) (526) (216) (530) (213) (574) (275) (898) (181)
Dividends paid (662) (663) (618) (620) (620) (633) (592) (595) (599) (607) (564) (562) (560) (558) (558) (567) (568) (578) (492) (494)
Common stock issued, including treasury shares reissued (24) 58 3 (25) 49 (2) 32 (28) 13 (1) 58 65 119 120 13 (23) 179 20 44 (5)
Common shares repurchased (2,766) (380) (1,429) (400) (921) (1,385) (1,104) (820) (1,046) (1,371) (251) (87) (1,043) (764) (1,178) (1,354) (751)
Machinery, Energy & Transportation 494 1,976 15 1,479
Financial Products 1,897 3,061 1,782 1,517 1,104 1,555 1,884 2,131 58 2,025 2,633 1,779 1,013 3,259 2,042 2,126 1,014 2,008 2,675 2,665
Proceeds from debt issued, original maturities greater than three months 1,897 3,061 1,782 1,517 1,104 1,555 1,884 2,131 58 2,025 2,633 2,273 1,013 3,259 4,018 2,141 1,014 3,487 2,675 2,665
Machinery, Energy & Transportation (7) (4) 1,380 (1,475) (5) (7) (7) (6) (9) (8) (1,258) (644) (8) (6) (6) (6) (4) (4) (2) (2)
Financial Products (1,852) (2,152) (2,208) (2,434) (1,036) (2,852) (1,381) (1,167) (2,646) (1,821) (2,243) (1,440) (2,154) (2,157) (2,460) (2,231) (1,157) (2,332) (2,565)
Payments on debt, original maturities greater than three months (1,859) (2,156) (828) (1,475) (2,439) (1,043) (2,859) (1,387) (1,176) (2,654) (3,079) (2,887) (1,448) (2,160) (2,163) (2,466) (2,235) (1,161) (2,334) (2,567)
Short-term borrowings, net, original maturities three months or less 381 (1,320) (303) (103) 1,713 (758) 463 (1,016) 2,164 (136) (199) 1,659 (666) (1,661) (437) (40) 868 (570) 86 (522)
Other, net (9) (1) (2) (2) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities (3,033) (1,400) (1,393) (1,106) (1,123) (2,267) (2,176) (1,715) (586) (2,746) (1,402) 546 (1,542) (1,000) 786 (1,999) (1,507) 20 (1,376) (1,675)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash 9 (59) (59) (1) (115) (72) 9 (16) (20) (12) 15 (12) 43 10 14 (80) 3 (37) (13) 3
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 425 (834) 598 (217) 658 332 (509) (2,731) (186) (1,393) (509) 1,985 47 528 1,661 (1,162) 356 477 301 (732)

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. Caterpillar Inc. net cash provided by operating activities increased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then slightly decreased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.
Net cash used for investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. Caterpillar Inc. net cash used for investing activities decreased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 but then increased from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023 exceeding Q2 2023 level.
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. Caterpillar Inc. net cash provided by (used for) financing activities decreased from Q2 2023 to Q3 2023 and from Q3 2023 to Q4 2023.