Caterpillar Posts Better Than Expected Q1 Earnings Strong first quarter earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) have helped pushed the market higher to start off the week. Shares of Caterpillar are up 4.5% on the day to $71.91, up $3.13 following better than expected results this morning before the market opened. Analysts were forecasting $0.39 per share, and the company easily outpaced those estimates with a reported $0.50 per share. Revenues were a bit shy of analyst estimates, but the stock ...