Caterpillar beat both profit and revenue third-quarter estimates this morning, but the stock is getting pummeled over some less-than-compelling statements about the coming quarter.
Paul Ausick Caterpillar is set to report its third-quarter financial results early on Tuesday before the markets open. Analysts are looking for strong top and bottom line growth.
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Boeing, Intel, Verizon and the other Dow companies scheduled to report their quarterly results this week.
DowDuPont returned for another week as the year-to-date's worst-performing Dow stock. In a filing related a planned spin-off of the company's agricultural business, DowDuPont added a bit of a surprise for investors.
Apple, IBM, Home Depot, and Caterpillar were the biggest losers in a significantly poor day for the Dow stocks.
DowDuPont replaced Goldman Sachs last week as the worst-performing stock on the Dow index.
The Dow's big industrial stocks--DowDuPont, Caterpillar, United Technologies, and 3M--dragged the blue-chip index down Tuesday.
The Dow index sank again Friday, led by Caterpillar, Apple, Intel, and IBM.
Caterpillar, Boeing, Apple, and Intel kept the Dow in the green Thursday following a late afternoon drop in equities prices.
Intel, Caterpillar, 3M, and Walgreens led the rise in the Dow index Tuesday.
Intel, Walgreens, Caterpillar, and DowDuPont let the Dow to an all-time record on Thursday.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday include Advanced Micro Devices, Caterpillar, NRG Energy, Nvidia, Procter & Gamble, Square, Red Hat, Transocean, Viacom and Wisdom Tree.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Chevron, and Caterpillar boosted the Dow to decent gain on Wednesday.
Nike, Boeing, Intel, and Caterpillar were the Dow's leading gainers Tuesday.
After dropping more than 2% last week, 3M Company has regained its position as the worst performing stock among the 30 equities that make up the Dow Jones industrial average.
