secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-24-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caterpillar Q4 EPS $5.28, revenue $17.1B; full-year record sales $67.1B
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- Q4 GAAP EPS $5.28 vs $2.79 YoY; adjusted EPS $5.23 vs $3.86.
- Q4 sales/revenue $17.1B, up 3% YoY; full-year $67.1B, up 13%.
- Full-year operating profit margin 19.3% (adjusted 20.5%), up from 13.3% (15.4%) in 2022.
- Operating cash flow $12.9B; ended year with $7.0B cash; returned $7.5B to shareholders.
- Retail sales: world machines +3%, E&T +20%; North America machines +11%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000005/0000018230-24-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000005/cat-20240205.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000005

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