Caterpillar (CAT) Tops Q1 EPS by 51c; Boosts Outlook

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Caterpillar Reports First-Quarter Results

April 23, 2015 7:30 AM EDT

PEORIA, Ill., April 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced first-quarter 2015 profit per share of $1.81, an increase from profit per share of $1.44 in the first quarter of 2014.  The first quarter of 2015 included a negative impact of $0.05 per share for restructuring costs, compared with $0.17 per share in the first quarter of 2014.  Excluding restructuring costs, profit per share was $1.86 in the first quarter of 2015, up from $1.61 per share in the first quarter of 2014.

First-quarter sales and revenues were $12.702 billion, down about 4 percent from first-quarter 2014 sales and revenues of $13.241... More