secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-23-000017
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caterpillar Q1 sales up 17% to $15.9B; adjusted EPS $4.91 vs $2.88 YoY
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- Q1 sales and revenues $15.9B (+17% YoY); GAAP EPS $3.74, adjusted EPS $4.91.
- Operating profit margin 17.2% (GAAP), adjusted 21.1% vs 13.7% prior-year quarter.
- Returned $1.0B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q1.
- Retail sales: worldwide machines +5%, Energy & Transportation +39%, Resource Industries +18%, Construction Industries flat.
- Divestiture of Longwall business recorded as restructuring cost in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000017/0000018230-23-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000017/cat-20230427.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000017

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