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Caterpillar Inc (CAT)On Mar 18: 96.40  Down 0.42 (0.43%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):32.93B
Enterprise Value (21-Mar-05)³:56.01B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.82
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-06)¹:11.41
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)±:1.20
Price/Sales (ttm):1.09
Price/Book (mrq):4.45
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.85
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:13.56
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Dec-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.53%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.03%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.94%
Return on Equity (ttm):29.67%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):30.25B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):85.254
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:32.90%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:7.83B
EBITDA (ttm):4.13B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.04B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.73
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:85.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):445.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.3
Total Debt (mrq)²:23.53B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):3.151
Current Ratio (mrq):1.287
Book Value Per Share (mrq):21.773001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:-3.99B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:-6.11B
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.035
52-Week Change:26.34%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):17.86%
52-Week High (4-Mar-05):99.96
52-Week Low (6-Aug-04):68.50
50-Day Moving Average:93.17
200-Day Moving Average:83.73
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,628,136
Average Volume (10 day):2,929,000
Shares Outstanding:341.64M
Float:340.60M
% Held by Insiders:0.30%
% Held by Institutions:75.85%
Shares Short (as of 8-Feb-05):6.70M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Feb-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Feb-05):2.107
Short % of Float (as of 8-Feb-05):1.97%
Shares Short (prior month):5.12M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.64
Dividend Yield:1.70%
Dividend Date:19-Feb-05
Ex-Dividend Date:18-Jan-05
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:14-Jul-97
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Dec-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Dec-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-04)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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