Caterpillar (CAT)
Caterpillar Accruals: 1.256B
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CAT Accruals Rankings
| Overall | 99th percentile | 20 of 4305 |
| Sector | 92nd percentile | 1 of 13 in Conglomerates |
| Industry | 92nd percentile | 1 of 13 in Conglomerates |
CAT Accruals Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -1.749B | Dec 2009 |
| Maximum | 1.256B | Mar 2012 |
| Average | -686.75M |
About Accruals
Accruals are the non-cash net income earned by a business as a result of accrual based accounting. Mathematically, they are Net Income less Cash Flows from Operations.
Businesses with large positive accruals generally have large non-cash earnings like sales on account that have not yet been paid by customers. Those with negative accruals often are paid up-front for services and recognize the revenue over time as they perform the pre-paid service (newspapers are a good example of this type of business), or they may have large non-cash expenses such as depreciation.
Beware businesses that have large positive accruals over long periods of time. They are a signal of low quality earnings numbers (earnings without much actual cash behind them, in a simple sense). Accruals are also a key element of the Beneish M-Score which detects earnings manipulation, and companies with higher accruals relative to their assets are more likely to have been manipulating earnings.
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Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT | 89.94 | -1.48 | -1.62% | 58.24B |
| CASY | 57.19 | +0.75 | +1.33% | 2.177B |
| CAST | 4.24 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 207.72M |
| CASS | 37.50 | -0.38 | -1.00% | 389.25M |
| CASM | 2.04 | +0.03 | +1.50% | 27.76M |
| CASH | 20.50 | -0.14 | -0.68% | 65.40M |
| CASC | 49.03 | +0.73 | +1.51% | 543.25M |
| CASB | 0.4455 | +0.00 | +0.00% | |
| BVN | 38.71 | +0.22 | +0.57% | 9.849B |
| BUSE | 4.65 | -0.07 | -1.48% | 402.78M |