secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-21-000251
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caterpillar Q3 2021 revenue $12.4B, EPS $2.60; retail sales rise 17% globally
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- Sales and revenues up 25% YoY to $12.4B; operating profit margin 13.4% vs 10.0%.
- GAAP EPS $2.60, adjusted EPS $2.66; prior year $1.22 and $1.52 respectively.
- Returned $2.0B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q3.
- Global machine retail sales up 17%; Resource Industries up 33%, Construction up 12%.
- Energy & Transportation retail sales up 8% overall; Oil & Gas up 21% but Power Gen down 8%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000251/0000018230-21-000251-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000251/cat-20211028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-21-000251

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