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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

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83.05 Down 0.28(0.34%) Nov 21, 4:00PM EST|After Hours : 83.07 Up 0.02 (0.02%) Nov 21, 5:47PM EST

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:54.31B
Enterprise Value (Nov 23, 2012)3:90.78B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):8.51
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:9.56
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.65
Price/Sales (ttm):0.81
Price/Book (mrq):3.05
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.35
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.50
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.74%
Operating Margin (ttm):13.93%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.94%
Return on Equity (ttm):40.34%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):67.04B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):103.02
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):4.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):15.73B
EBITDA (ttm)6:12.10B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):6.53B
Diluted EPS (ttm):9.76
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):48.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):3.39B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.19
Total Debt (mrq):39.86B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):222.26
Current Ratio (mrq):1.41
Book Value Per Share (mrq):27.35
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):4.76B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.65B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.83
52-Week Change3:-4.23%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:20.05%
52-Week High (Feb 24, 2012)3:116.95
52-Week Low (Jul 12, 2012)3:78.25
50-Day Moving Average3:84.36
200-Day Moving Average3:86.44
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:7,306,400
Avg Vol (10 day)3:6,823,660
Shares Outstanding5:653.93M
Float:652.46M
% Held by Insiders1:0.22%
% Held by Institutions1:65.00%
Shares Short (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:18.10M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:2.50
Short % of Float (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:3.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:18.85M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.08
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.96
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:19.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 19, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 18, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jul 14, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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