📋 Caterpillar Q3 2026 Earnings Stats | Market News | Blossom Social📋 Caterpillar Q3 2026 Earnings Stats
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📈 MARKET REACTION:
$CAT🔻9.25% at closing after results
(revenue miss & unchanged guidance)
🥊 ADJUSTED EPS BEAT:
$7.20 vs $7.03 estimate
(🔺45% YoY)
💵 SLIGHT REVENUE MISS:
$20.68B vs $20.76B estimate
(🔺17% YoY)
💸 OPERATING PROFIT:
$4.214B (🔺38% YoY)
📢 DEMAND SIGNAL:
Strong demand for power generation equipment, including large engines and turbines used in data centres
🦾 SEGMENT SALES:
🔌 Power & Energy $8.78B🔺18%
🚜 Construction Inds. $7.98B🔺18%
⛏️ Resource Industries $4.62B🔺15%
🏆 RECORD BACKLOG:
$78.1B (🔺96% YoY |🔺$6B QoQ)
📏 ADJ. OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN:
20.6% (🔺from 17.5% in Q3 2025)
🏭 CAPACITY EXPANSION:
To meet high demand and address production limits, management is investing $1B to expand manufacturing in Sanford, North Carolina, separately increasing large-engine production, restarting the 10 MW MaK engine program, and growing autonomous hauling technology
🔭 2026 REVENUE OUTLOOK:
Mid-to-high teens growth maintained
🏗️ CAPEX GUIDANCE:
$3.3B vs $3.5B previous forecast
⚠️ 2026 TARIFF COST FORECAST:
▪️ $600M Q4🔻$200M from Q4 2025
▪️ ~$2.2B for full-year 2026
⚙️ OPERATING CASH FLOW:
$4.4B (🔺19% YoY)
🌊 MP&E FREE CASH FLOW:
$3.8B (🔺~19% YoY)
⛲️ ENTERPRISE CASH:
$7.9B (🔺5% YoY)
💬 $CAT dropped solid earnings results with a record backlog and top-tier profits, despite unchanged guidance side-eye!
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ℹ️ www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823026000052/ex991toformcat3q2026earnin.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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