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Caterpillar Inc (CAT)On Oct 22: 77.34  Up 0.31 (0.40%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):26.51B
Enterprise Value (23-Oct-04)³:48.26B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.48
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:11.24
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.41
Price/Sales (ttm):0.94
Price/Book (mrq):3.75
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.71
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:12.05
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.58%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.28%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.83%
Return on Equity (ttm):29.12%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):28.15B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):79.351
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.00%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:5.82B
EBITDA (ttm):4.00B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.90B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.343
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:37.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):417.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.22
Total Debt (mrq)²:22.27B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):3.172
Current Ratio (mrq):1.42
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.541
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.54B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:-293.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.95
52-Week Change:7.95%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):0.85%
52-Week High (27-Jan-04):85.70
52-Week Low (6-Aug-04):68.50
50-Day Moving Average:75.89
200-Day Moving Average:77.13
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,407,861
Average Volume (10 day):2,937,000
Shares Outstanding:342.73M
Float:342.70M
% Held by Insiders:0.01%
% Held by Institutions:74.61%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):7.73M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):4.003
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):2.26%
Shares Short (prior month):6.36M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.64
Dividend Yield:2.13%
Dividend Date:20-Nov-04
Ex-Dividend Date:21-Oct-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:14-Jul-97
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