Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American Fortune 100 corporation that designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells machinery, engines, financial products, and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network.
| Revenue (TTM) | $74.73B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $22.20B |
| EBITDA | $16.25B |
| Operating Margin | 22.20% |
| Return on Equity | 57.00% |
| Return on Assets | 9.03% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $160.78 |
| Book Value | $42.19 |
| Price-to-Book | 19.25 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 5.05 |
| EV/Revenue | 5.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.46 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 68.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 24.00% |
| Shares Outstanding | $459.68M |
| Float | $458.22M |
| % Insiders | 0.22% |
| % Institutions | 73.49% |
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