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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

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88.68 Up 0.88(1.00%) May 18, 4:01PM EDT|After Hours: 88.47 Down 0.21 (0.24%) May 18, 7:59PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:57.85B
Enterprise Value (May 20, 2012)3:92.15B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):11.18
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:7.73
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.52
Price/Sales (ttm):0.91
Price/Book (mrq):3.83
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.46
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.97
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):8.37%
Operating Margin (ttm):12.12%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.37%
Return on Equity (ttm):37.40%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):63.17B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):97.61
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):23.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):15.73B
EBITDA (ttm)6:10.27B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):5.29B
Diluted EPS (ttm):7.93
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):29.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.65B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.54
Total Debt (mrq):35.96B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):232.43
Current Ratio (mrq):1.39
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.95
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):6.58B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):471.25M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.93
52-Week Change3:-12.97%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.68%
52-Week High (Feb 24, 2012)3:116.95
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:67.54
50-Day Moving Average3:101.69
200-Day Moving Average3:102.19
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:6,671,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:6,864,990
Shares Outstanding5:652.34M
Float:650.86M
% Held by Insiders1:0.28%
% Held by Institutions1:64.50%
Shares Short (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:11.70M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:1.80
Short % of Float (as of Apr 30, 2012)3:2.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:12.31M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.84
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.84
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:23.00%
Dividend Date3:May 18, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Apr 19, 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 Mar 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 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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