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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Mar-08	Next Qtr Jun-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	1.33	1.50	5.90	6.64
No. of Analysts	16	15	20	17
Low Estimate	1.18	1.24	5.27	5.60
High Estimate	1.49	1.64	6.34	7.38
Year Ago EPS	1.23	1.24	5.37	5.90

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Mar-08	Next Qtr Jun-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	10.94B	12.26B	48.13B	51.51B
No. of Analysts	7	7	9	7
Low Estimate	10.52B	12.04B	45.58B	48.30B
High Estimate	11.16B	12.56B	49.46B	56.62B
Year Ago Sales	10.02B	11.36B	44.96B	48.13B
Sales Growth (year/est)	9.2%	8.0%	7.0%	7.0%

Earnings History	Mar-07	Jun-07	Sep-07	Dec-07
EPS Est	1.09	1.50	1.43	1.50
EPS Actual	1.23	1.24	1.40	1.50
Difference	0.14	-0.26	-0.03	0.00
Surprise %	12.8%	-17.3%	-2.1%	0.0%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Mar-08	Next Qtr Jun-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Current Estimate	1.33	1.50	5.90	6.64
7 Days Ago	1.32	1.52	5.96	6.53
30 Days Ago	1.34	1.53	6.04	6.62
60 Days Ago	1.34	1.53	6.06	6.64
90 Days Ago	1.34	1.53	6.08	6.65

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Mar-08	Next Qtr Jun-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Up Last 7 Days	4	3	3	3
Up Last 30 Days	4	3	4	3
Down Last 30 Days	3	2	10	2
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	CAT	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	8.1%	13.1%	9.7%	N/A
Next Qtr.	21.0%	14.9%	11.2%	N/A
This Year	9.9%	13.9%	12.6%	N/A
Next Year	12.5%	15.7%	13.8%	N/A
Past 5 Years (per annum)	39.577%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	16.3%	13.07%	13.32%	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	12.03	13.22	14.81	N/A
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	0.74	1.01	1.11	N/A

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