The
company reported a third-quarter net income of $368 million, or
62 cents per share, down from $1.02 billion, or $1.63 per share
diluted, a year earlier.
Earnings per share excluding restructuring costs were at 75
cents, compared with $1.72 in the same quarter a year earlier.
Analysts expected earnings of 78 cents a share.
Shares of Caterpillar fell about 2.6 percent in pre-market
trading to $67.80.
(Reporting By Meredith Davis; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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