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CAT Earnings Payback Period Calculator

Use this calculator to estimate the number of years it would take the cumulative earnings to equal the current stock price. You can enter a different estimated EPS and estimated annual growth rate to see how the payback period changes.

As a starting point, we used CAT (Non-Gaap) TTM earnings of $21.90 and we assumed an annual earnings growth rate of 43.9%. The growth rate is based on the company's historical 3 year average earnings growth.

Payback Period Calculator
Quick Reference Points
Starting Point
EPS: 21.90
Book Value: 39.04
Revenue: 131.89
Gross Margin: 37.0%
Growth Rates
1 yr 3 yr 5 yr
Revenue 8.6% 16.1% 4.9%
Earnings 37.7% 43.9% 18.7%
Book Value 27.0% 12.1% 10.1%
Avg Gross Margin
1 yr 3 yr 5 yr
35.2% 31.7% 30.9%