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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Sep-08	Next Qtr Dec-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	1.42	1.44	6.06	6.47
No. of Analysts	20	18	22	22
Low Estimate	1.31	1.20	5.70	5.00
High Estimate	1.51	1.54	6.25	7.48
Year Ago EPS	1.40	1.50	5.37	6.06

Next Earnings Date: 21-Oct-08 -

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Sep-08	Next Qtr Dec-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	12.45B	13.02B	50.46B	53.14B
No. of Analysts	9	9	10	10
Low Estimate	12.23B	12.62B	46.59B	47.36B
High Estimate	12.66B	13.40B	51.44B	57.21B
Year Ago Sales	11.44B	12.14B	44.96B	50.46B
Sales Growth (year/est)	8.8%	7.2%	12.2%	5.3%

Earnings History	Sep-07	Dec-07	Mar-08	Jun-08
EPS Est	1.43	1.50	1.33	1.54
EPS Actual	1.40	1.50	1.45	1.74
Difference	-0.03	0.00	0.12	0.20
Surprise %	-2.1%	0.0%	9.0%	13.0%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Sep-08	Next Qtr Dec-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Current Estimate	1.42	1.44	6.06	6.47
7 Days Ago	1.42	1.45	6.07	6.52
30 Days Ago	1.44	1.46	6.07	6.68
60 Days Ago	1.44	1.46	6.07	6.68
90 Days Ago	1.51	1.52	6.05	6.75

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Sep-08	Next Qtr Dec-08	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Up Last 7 Days	0	0	0	0
Up Last 30 Days	1	2	2	0
Down Last 30 Days	1	1	1	1
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	CAT	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	1.4%	5.9%	1.7%	N/A
Next Qtr.	-4.0%	9.7%	7.9%	N/A
This Year	12.8%	14.8%	6.2%	N/A
Next Year	6.8%	10.5%	9.6%	N/A
Past 5 Years (per annum)	29.542%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	11.6%	12.48%	13.01%	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	8.17	7.69	11.11	N/A
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	0.7	0.62	0.85	N/A

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