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 Dow Up 0.71% Nasdaq Up 0.34%
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)On Nov 7: 95.00  Down 0.74 (0.77%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:61.43B
Enterprise Value (Nov 8, 2011)3:94.08B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.52
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:10.52
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.61
Price/Sales (ttm):1.11
Price/Book (mrq):4.37
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.69
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:10.56
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):11.60%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.80%
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)6:8.91B
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):690.88M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.94
52-Week Change3:14.29%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:3.10%
52-Week High (May 2, 2011)3:116.55
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:67.54
50-Day Moving Average3:83.50
200-Day Moving Average3:95.22
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:11,448,700
Avg Vol (10 day)3:9,440,490
Shares Outstanding5:646.60M
Float:644.72M
% Held by Insiders1:0.27%
% Held by Institutions1:66.90%
Shares Short (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:17.26M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:1.50
Short % of Float (as of Oct 14, 2011)3:3.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:17.92M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.84
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.90%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.80
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.90%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Payout Ratio4:27.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 18, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 20, 2011
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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