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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)At 4:00PM ET: 44.65  Up 0.85 (1.94%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:26.93B
Enterprise Value (18-Dec-08)3:59.62B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):7.35
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-09) 1:9.40
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):0.64
Price/Sales (ttm):0.52
Price/Book (mrq):2.74
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.18
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.286
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):7.66%
Operating Margin (ttm):10.38%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.51%
Return on Equity (ttm):42.42%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):50.55B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):81.874
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):13.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):12.33B
EBITDA (ttm):7.20B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):3.87B
Diluted EPS (ttm):6.07
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-6.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):965.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.6
Total Debt (mrq):34.16B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):3.542
Current Ratio (mrq):1.116
Book Value Per Share (mrq):15.989
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):5.78B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):933.38M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.34
52-Week Change3:-38.35%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-37.76%
52-Week High (19-May-08)3:85.96
52-Week Low (24-Oct-08)3:31.95
50-Day Moving Average3:38.30
200-Day Moving Average3:59.18
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:12,748,300
Average Volume (10 day)3:14,078,000
Shares Outstanding5:603.23M
Float:598.40M
% Held by Insiders1:0.24%
% Held by Institutions1:69.40%
Shares Short (as of 24-Nov-08)3:25.73M
Short Ratio (as of 24-Nov-08)3:1.9
Short % of Float (as of 24-Nov-08)3:4.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:23.39M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.56
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Payout Ratio4:25%
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:15-Jan-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:14-Jul-05


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
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