Caterpillar (CAT) came out with quarterly earnings of 5.99pershare,beatingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof5.53 per share. This compares to earnings of 5.55pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof8.325.12 per share when it actually produced earnings of $5.60, delivering a surprise of 9.38%.Over the last four quarte ...