CAT Stock Recent News

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling over 600 points on Wednesday.

Caterpillar (CAT) came out with quarterly earnings of $4.25 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.30 per share. This compares to earnings of $5.60 per share a year ago.

Caterpillar expects “negative economic growth” in the second half of the year.

The machinery maker posted a profit of $2 billion, or $4.20 a share, compared with $2.86 billion, or $5.75 a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.

First-quarter 2025 profit per share of $4.20; adjusted profit per share of $4.25 Enterprise operating cash flow was $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2025 Deployed $4.3 billion of cash for share repurchases and dividends in the first quarter First Quarter ($ in billions except profit per share) 2025 2024 Sales and Revenues $14.2 $15.8 Profit Per Share $4.20 $5.75 Adjusted Profit Per Share $4.25 $5.60 Please see a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in the appendix on pages 12 and 13.   IRVING, Texas , April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced first-quarter 2025 results.

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The company reports first-quarter earnings on Wednesday morning.

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We analyze what investors??? stance on the CAT stock should be as it gears up to report Q1 results, which are likely to reflect low volumes.

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