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Caterpillar Inc (CAT)On Jan 24: 88.12  Down 1.11 (1.24%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):30.07B
Enterprise Value (25-Jan-05)³:51.93B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.49
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:12.17
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.41
Price/Sales (ttm):1.08
Price/Book (mrq):4.34
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.84
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:12.97
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.58%
Operating Margin (ttm):9.28%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.83%
Return on Equity (ttm):29.12%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):28.15B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):79.351
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.00%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:5.82B
EBITDA (ttm):4.00B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.90B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.343
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:37.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):417.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.22
Total Debt (mrq)²:22.27B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):3.172
Current Ratio (mrq):1.42
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.575001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:2.19B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:216.00M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.065
52-Week Change:3.66%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):2.91%
52-Week High (29-Dec-04):98.72
52-Week Low (6-Aug-04):68.50
50-Day Moving Average:91.80
200-Day Moving Average:80.53
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):2,424,818
Average Volume (10 day):2,885,000
Shares Outstanding:341.24M
Float:341.20M
% Held by Insiders:0.01%
% Held by Institutions:74.80%
Shares Short (as of 10-Jan-05):5.12M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Jan-05):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Jan-05):2.336
Short % of Float (as of 10-Jan-05):1.50%
Shares Short (prior month):7.38M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:1.64
Dividend Yield:1.84%
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 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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