When does Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) report earnings? On Oct 29, 2026, before the open

Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 12 during market hours. Each one comes from the 8-K with item 2.02 that Caterpillar filed with the SEC, paired with the 10-Q or 10-K for that same quarter: 68 quarters since Jul 21, 2009, and every row links to its filing.

Next announced date: Oct 29, 2026, before the open. It comes from the company through the public Nasdaq calendar, not from the SEC: it is a scheduled date and companies do move it. Everything else on this page already happened, with its filing attached.

The last 20 quarters, one by one

"Lead": trading sessions between the announcement and the full quarterly report to the SEC (10-Q, or 10-K at fiscal year end). For Caterpillar, a median of 4 sessions over the last 12 quarters.

The table shows the 20 most recent quarters. All 68 are in the CSV, with the same columns and one row per quarter.

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How Caterpillar shares moved on their latest earnings

Over the 8 announcements with prices in this table, CAT rose 6 times and fell 2 times; the median move, ignoring sign, was 4%, against 0.4% for SPY over the same windows. The largest, +11.6%, came with the results of Oct 29, 2025. Reported EPS beat the consensus estimate in 4 of the 5 quarters with an estimate.

CAT window: when it reported before the open or during market hours, from the previous close to that day's. Split-adjusted closes and EPS with its estimate, from Yahoo Finance. It already happened: it does not anticipate the next announcement.

Where each number comes from

From the 8-K with item 2.02 ("Results of Operations and Financial Condition") that Caterpillar filed on EDGAR, the SEC's public database; only those with their 10-Q or 10-K behind them count, so other 8-Ks with the same item (production figures, monthly sales) stay out. The time is converted to New York time using this specific company's stamp convention (its EDGAR stamp arrives in UTC), and it is not assumed: it is derived from the hours in which EDGAR accepts filings. In 2 of this company's 68 quarters the date comes from the EDGAR acceptance day rather than the 8-K cover box, and those are flagged with an asterisk in the table.

What this data does not know

• The exact time of the press release: the 8-K reaches EDGAR minutes or hours later, so Caterpillar's median 10:32 is an upper bound. The session says which one the news landed in, not what minute it was said.
• Nothing before Jul 21, 2009: it is Caterpillar's oldest quarter with announcement and report paired in the file.
• What will happen. The page's only future date, Oct 29, 2026, was announced by Caterpillar on the Nasdaq calendar and can be moved. Caterpillar reporting during market hours 30 quarters in a row does not say the next one will be the same.
• Caterpillar's identity is its SEC CIK (0000018230), not its symbol: symbols get recycled and renamed.

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Source: EDGAR, the SEC's public database (forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K). Data through Aug 4, 2026. This is a list of public facts and of calculations made on them, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.