secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-22-000178
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caterpillar Q2 sales up 11% to $14.2B, EPS $3.13; global machine retail sales down 4%
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- Q2 2022 sales and revenues $14.2B (+11% YoY); EPS $3.13 vs $2.56 YoY; adjusted EPS $3.18 vs $2.60.
- Operating profit margin 13.6% (Q2 2021: 13.9%); returned $1.7B to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
- World machine retail sales down 4% YoY; Construction Industries down 4%, Resource Industries down 2%.
- Energy & Transportation retail sales flat YoY; Power Gen up 7%, Industrial up 19%, Oil & Gas down 13%.
- Regional machine retail: Asia/Pacific down 14%, Latin America up 18%, North America down 3%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000178/0000018230-22-000178-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000178/cat-20220802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000178

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