Caterpillar Inc. improved its annual prognosis

Caterpillar Inc. quintupled its quarterly gains and improved its annual prognosis thanks to the strong demand of heavy excavators and other equipment. The World biggest manufacturer of earthmoving equipment states that it gained $ 1,230 million in the first trimester, or $ 1.84 per share, in front of $ 233 million, or 36 cents per share, gained in the same period of the last year. The company expects for 2011 to obtain between $6.25 and $6.75 gains per action-

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide. It operates through three lines of businesses: Machinery, Engines, and Financial Products.

SALES DATA:
Sales: CAT has annual sales of $42,588,000,000 Shares: 644,000,000. Market Capitalization: $74,880,000,000. Sales Growth: 60.00% per year. Price to Sales Ratio (P/S): 1.77 Sales Per Share (SPS): AAPL has annual sales of $66.13 per share. Dividend: Annual dividend of $1.60 per share

ANALYSIS:
GRT (Earnings Growth Rate): 23.00% EPS (Earnings per Share): $6.85 per share. EY (Earnings Yield): 5.95 % P/E (Price to Earnings Ratio): 16.80 GPE (Growth to P/E Ratio): 1.37

RECOMMENDATION: CAT has BUY recommendation ranked 2.00 on a scale of 0.00 (Strong Buy) to 5.00 (Sell).

CATERPILLAR Inc. corporative websites: www.caterpillar.com www.cat.com

TICKER: CAT (NYSE)