Dow Today: Caterpillar (CAT) Higher
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading up 37 points (+0.3%) at 12,986 as of Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012, 11:35 a.m. ET. During this time, 294.9 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,804 issues advancing vs. 1,116 declining with 114 unchanged.
The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be
(NYSE:
), which is sporting a $1.91 gain (+1.7%) bringing the stock to $115.86. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 14.46 points or roughly accounting for 39.1% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for Caterpillar currently sits at 3.8 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 7.8 million shares.
Caterpillar has a market cap of $68.73 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 25.8% year to date as of Friday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 1.6%.
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. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.4, below the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 16.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Caterpillar as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Caterpillar Ratings Report.
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