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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)On Dec 30: 90.60  Up 0.02 (0.02%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:58.58B
Enterprise Value (Jan 2, 2012)3:91.23B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.85
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:10.03
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.58
Price/Sales (ttm):1.05
Price/Book (mrq):4.14
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.64
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.20
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):7.81%
Operating Margin (ttm):11.67%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.83%
Return on Equity (ttm):35.21%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):55.70B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):86.69
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):41.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):11.31B
EBITDA (ttm)6:8.94B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):4.35B
Diluted EPS (ttm):6.54
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):44.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.65B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.55
Total Debt (mrq):34.30B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):233.25
Current Ratio (mrq):1.46
Book Value Per Share (mrq):21.90
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):7.58B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):905.75M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:2.11
52-Week Change3:-3.77%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.12%
52-Week High (May 2, 2011)3:116.55
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:67.54
50-Day Moving Average3:92.39
200-Day Moving Average3:91.72
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:9,045,410
Avg Vol (10 day)3:4,375,360
Shares Outstanding5:646.62M
Float:644.73M
% Held by Insiders1:0.27%
% Held by Institutions1:66.90%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:16.60M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:2.10
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:2.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:15.49M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.84
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.80
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:27.00%
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 Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
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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