CLAIM #13759 · CAT (CAT) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 29, 2026 · due Mar 31, 2026
“For perspective on the quarterly sales cadence, we anticipate the lowest sales of the year to occur in the first quarter, which aligns with our normal seasonal pattern.”
Andrew Bonfield · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Enterprise (total company) quarterly sales and revenues for Q1 2026 compared to Q2, Q3, and Q4 2026
It came true if: Q1 2026 sales and revenues lower than each of Q2, Q3, and Q4 2026
Where: Company quarterly income statement (10-Q filings and earnings releases for Q1-Q4 2026)
In context
“h our expectations for the full year. As Joe mentioned, we expect enterprise sales and revenues to grow versus the prior year, likely around the top end of that 5% to 7% CAGR target, on higher volume and favorable price realization. We anticipate sales growth across each of our primary segments, with Power and Energy delivering the strongest year-over-year rate of growth supported by the robust backlog. Growth in this segment will be paced by the timing of bringing capacity increases online over the next few years. Our planning assumption is that the $500 million decline in machine dealer inventory in 2025 will be offset by an increase by 2026, a tailwind to 2026 sales. As Joe mentioned, we expect favorable price realization to account for a roughly 2% increase in sales for the full year. For perspective on the quarterly sales cadence, we anticipate the lowest sales of the year to occur in the first quarter, which aligns with our normal seasonal pattern. On Enterprise adjusted operating profit margin, excluding the impact of tariff costs, we expect to be in the top half of the target range at our anticipated sales level, supported by favorable price realization and volume. Specific to volume growth, we anticipated the attributable profit pull-through or incremental margin to reflect our recent operational performance, which has been impacted by tariffs. In contrast to prior years, we are committed to investing for long-term profitable growth, which includes capacity investments, will impact depreciation expense, and higher technology and digital spend. We believe these investments will support future absolute dot OPEC dollar generation, which I'll remind you is our definition of winning. Including the impact of tariffs, we expect margin t”
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