Caterpillar (CAT)

Wall Street braces for volatile Wednesday as U.S. GDP data shows unexpected economic contraction, raising fears of a recession. Pre-market futures down.

However, the e-commerce player reported a net loss of $52.1 million during the quarter compared to a profit of $63 million in the same quarter a year ago, reflecting an impairment charge of $101.7 million to the goodwill of Reverb.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reports Q1 2025 results with sales & revenue decline, lower adjusted earnings, and impact from lower sales volume & unfavorable price realization. Q2 outlook expects similar sales & revenues but lower profit margin due to tariffs. 2025 outlook includes flat sales & revenues in pre-tariff scenario and slight decline in alternative scenario.

Caterpillar Inc. faced a challenging first quarter in 2025, with sales and revenues dropping significantly compared to the previous year.

Sales declined 10% year-over-year to $14.2 billion, falling short of a Wall Street estimate of $14.58 billion.

Construction equipment company Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 9.8% year on year to $14.25 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $4.25 per share was 2.3% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

U.S. stock futures are down Wednesday morning, despite major averages ending up on Tuesday, and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones notching their sixth-straight day in the green, the longest streak for the indexes in months.

The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed further easing in the overall fear level, while the index remained in the "Fear" zone on Tuesday.

Notwithstanding the resurgence seen since last week, the market is likely to end April with a monthly loss, with the S&P 500 down 0.90% with a session to go.

Caterpillar earnings on Wednesday will offer a valuable window into the early fallout from Trump tariffs for the Dow Jones earthmoving giant.

Construction equipment company Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) will be reporting earnings tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.

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Let’s dig into the relative performance of Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q4 construction machinery earnings season.

On the surface, the headlines look pretty good, certainly less bad than they were a week ago.

Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn as the industry has shed 13.5% over the past six months. This drop was worse than the S&P 500’s 7.5% loss.

A company that generates cash isn’t automatically a winner. Some businesses stockpile cash but fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their ability to expand.

I wrapped up the trading week with twenty-eight bearish positions. Here are second half of the positions, zoomed in to the most salient portions of the chart: