Benzinga | Jul 30, 2021 06:31AM EDT

Caterpillar Q2 Adj. EPS $2.60 Beats $2.38 Estimate, Sales $12.90B Beat $12.58B Estimate

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) reported quarterly earnings of $2.60 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.38 by 9.24 percent. This is a 152.43 percent increase over earnings of $1.03 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $12.90 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $12.58 billion by 2.54 percent. This is a 29.04 percent increase over sales of $10.00 billion the same period last year.