From Nasdaq: 2025-04-28 22:17:00

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is set to announce earnings on April 30, 2025. Historical data reveals a negative stock reaction in 74% of instances post-earnings, with a median drop of -3.0% and largest drop of -7.0% over five years. Consensus estimates predict EPS of $4.35 on $14.58 billion revenue, lower than last year’s $5.60 EPS on $15.8 billion sales.

Event-driven traders can leverage historical patterns for trading strategies pre and post-earnings. CAT’s $147 billion market cap generated $65 billion revenue in the last twelve months. Actual market response will depend on reported results compared to consensus forecasts and overall expectations.

Understanding Caterpillar’s historical odds of positive post-earnings returns can provide insights for traders. In the last five years, 5 out of 19 instances showed positive one-day returns post-earnings, at a 26% rate. This percentage increases to 36% when considering data from the last 3 years. Median positive return was 4.1%, while median negative return was -3.0%.



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