Caterpillar's Operating Margins Slipped in 2025: Bounce Back Ahead? [Yahoo! Finance]
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The margin trend weakened steadily through the year, starting at 18.3% in the first quarter, followed by 17.6% in the second and 17.5% in the third quarter, before dropping sharply to 15.6% in the fourth quarter. This sequential decline underscores mounting cost pressures, mainly due to tariffs. A key factor behind the margin compression was a significant increase in costs. Cost of sales rose 11% year over year to $44.7 billion in 2025. While costs were down 7% in the first quarter, they climbed in each subsequent quarter, with the sharpest surge (29%) occurring in the fourth quarter. The quarter accounted for around 30% of the company's annual costs. This was primarily driven by elevated manufacturing costs, including the impact of higher tariffs. The total impact of tariffs for the year was around $1.8 billion. Tariff-related pressures are expected to persist in 2026. Caterpillar expects incremental tariff costs of around $800 million in the first quarter of 2026, a level simila
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