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Caterpillar, Inc. Common Stock (CAT)

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110.22 Down 0.06(0.05%) Mar 9, 4:00PM EST|After Hours: 110.05 Down 0.17 (0.15%) Mar 9, 7:59PM EST

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:71.37B
Enterprise Value (Mar 10, 2012)3:104.14B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.89
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:9.74
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.44
Price/Sales (ttm):1.19
Price/Book (mrq):5.54
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.73
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.75
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):8.19%
Operating Margin (ttm):11.91%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):40.29%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):60.14B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):93.24
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):34.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):15.73B
EBITDA (ttm)6:9.69B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):4.93B
Diluted EPS (ttm):7.40
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):59.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.83B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.83
Total Debt (mrq):34.60B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):258.16
Current Ratio (mrq):1.34
Book Value Per Share (mrq):19.90
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):7.01B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):3.31B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.99
52-Week Change3:10.04%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:4.01%
52-Week High (Feb 24, 2012)3:116.95
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:67.54
50-Day Moving Average3:111.14
200-Day Moving Average3:93.81
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:7,043,570
Avg Vol (10 day)3:5,653,940
Shares Outstanding5:647.53M
Float:645.57M
% Held by Insiders1:0.28%
% Held by Institutions1:64.50%
Shares Short (as of Feb 15, 2012)3:13.43M
Short Ratio (as of Feb 15, 2012)3:1.80
Short % of Float (as of Feb 15, 2012)3:2.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:14.84M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.84
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.82
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:24.00%
Dividend Date3:Feb 17, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jan 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 Dec 31, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
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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