Caterpillar (CAT) came out with quarterly earnings of 5.17pershare,missingtheZacksConsensusEstimateof5.33 per share. This compares to earnings of 5.52pershareayearago.Thesefiguresareadjustedfornon−recurringitems.Thisquarterlyreportrepresentsanearningssurpriseof−35.53 per share when it actually produced earnings of $5.99, delivering a surprise of 8.32%.Over the last four quarters ...