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With a market cap of $191.1 billion, Irving, Texas-based Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in the United States and internationally.
CAT is scheduled to report its Q2 earnings on Tuesday, August 5. Ahead of this event, analysts expect the company to report a profit of $4.89 per share, down 18.4% from $5.99 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in two of the past four quarters, while missing on two other occasions.