Caterpillar (CAT)

89.94 -1.48  -1.62%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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Caterpillar Beneish M-Score: -2.336

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CAT Beneish M-Score Rankings

Overall 28th percentile 2693 of 3761
Sector 27th percentile 8 of 11 in Conglomerates
Industry 27th percentile 8 of 11 in Conglomerates

CAT Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -3.136 Dec 2009
Maximum -2.336 Dec 2011
Average -2.653

About Beneish M Score

The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.

The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:

1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).

Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):

M Score HTML Table:

ScoreRelative Error Costs
(Type I:Type II)
M Score > -1.49 (10:1)
M Score > -1.78 (20:1)
M Score > -1.89 (40+:1)


Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.

If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.

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$CAT http://stks.co/408O falling back, under 87.50 support at 86 then some big time air
about 8 hours ago by harmongreg
Caterpillar: Buy, Sell, or Hold
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$CAT http://stks.co/3zzZ We are uptrend line support, after a GIANT "M" (bearish)......we create the "A", ....LOOK OUT BELOW!
about 21 hours ago by FITZSTOCK2004
$CAT Interesting chart.Technically due for bounce,but the markets are weak.Surpassed bearish target. http://chart.ly/st3hrwx
about a day ago by pasleyt
$CAT is vulnerable, though last week it has shown some life, but the sell signal 4/25 remains solid. If u shorted 4/25 monitor closely
about a day ago by woowtrading
$CAT scary for the market, lots of open space below, but i'll be a buyer again way down there
about 3 days ago by roadkingtrdr
Both $CAT and $CMI starting to look appealing after falling around 22% from their highs.
about 3 days ago by sld1986
Bonds Say Dow Another Day
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High priced names in the Dow skewing that today. $IBM $CVX $CAT $MCD $XOM $UTX $BA
about 3 days ago by mytfine
$CAT the stock that never disappoints me. Why I not stick to trade this security only. Performance rating 100%. Profit that I can believe!
about 3 days ago by woowtrading
$CAT http://stks.co/3zWW hockey stick, bear flag, whatever u wanna call it
about 3 days ago by dangerrangers
Boeing, Caterpillar: Dow Midday Movers http://stks.co/3zVc My story via @TheStreet $BA $CAT $BAC $DIS #DowMovers
about 3 days ago by azendrian
$cat long jul 85c if breaks 90 today
about 3 days ago by cu_zane
long-term investors should start accumulating $CAT down here
about 4 days ago by SeekingBennyFrank
$CAT says market goes lower.... ironically i say traders are wrong about $CAT
about 4 days ago by SeekingBennyFrank
$CAT this market barometer says "not so fast bulls"
about 4 days ago by roadkingtrdr
ppl make this mistake of comparing $cmi to $cat. $cmi has so many more variables affecting its price.
about 4 days ago by pss
say $cat drops 2 dollars, it's much more important to get out before it drops 4, rather than to get in when it drops 2 more.
about 4 days ago by pss
even if it goes lower $cat is still at a great price for the buy and hold crowd.
about 4 days ago by pss
$CAT Caterpillar’s Earnings Look Like And Act Like A Caterpillar; Moving Slowly But Steady http://stks.co/3yjL
about 4 days ago by FASTgraphs
Time to Buy This Equipment Maker?
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$cat call volume = 16k put colume =25k
about 4 days ago by Zraic
Looking for a rollover ahead of long weekend unless Europe headlines me in the face. Short $amzn, $cat, $cree. Long $VXX, $GLD.
about 4 days ago by o_hoolix
Other under careful observation for breakout of 2days ago highs: $AAPL,$UNP,$CAT (indexes daily pb follow through).
about 4 days ago by spectre009
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about 4 days ago by harmongreg
$CAT Higher low on the 60 min and closed above a very long trend line on the 60. Weekly 95 call .18 x .21 Big profit potential.
about 4 days ago by wausroamer
Market to move higher..buy Banks, Energy & materials. US$ is topping. $EURUSD to continue uptrend. $AAPL $CAT $BAC #forex
about 5 days ago by leopardtrader
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