[CAT] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Dec-2005 [#Q4]

Stock
[CAT] Caterpillar Inc.
Announcement Date
31-May-2006
Financial Year
2005
Quarter
31-Dec-2005 [#Q4]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 26.84%
YoY- 53.54%
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Quarter Result
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
Revenue 10,517,000 10,605,000 9,392,000 9,663,000 8,977,000 9,360,000 8,339,000 16.71%
PBT 1,078,000 1,463,000 1,193,000 1,104,000 952,000 1,046,000 799,000 22.07%
Tax 334,000 449,000 370,000 270,000 303,000 315,000 232,000 27.47%
NP 769,000 1,046,000 840,000 846,000 667,000 760,000 581,000 20.52%
Tax Rate -30.98% -30.69% -31.01% -24.46% -31.83% -30.11% -29.04% -
Total Cost 9,748,000 9,559,000 8,552,000 8,817,000 8,310,000 8,600,000 7,758,000 16.42%
Ratio Analysis
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
NP Margin 7.31 9.86 8.94 8.76 7.43 8.12 6.97 3.22%
Per Share
30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 30/09/05 30/06/05 31/03/05 CAGR
EPS 1.18 1.58 1.25 1.25 0.98 1.12 0.85 24.41%
EPS Diluted 1.14 1.52 1.20 1.25 0.94 1.08 0.81 25.56%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.