Caterpillar (CAT) came out with quarterly earnings of $5.23 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$4.76 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.86 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non- recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 9.87$4.75 per share when it actually produced earnings of $5.52, delivering a surprise of 16.21%. Over the last four qu ...