Caterpillar Net Income vs Begin Period Cash Flow Analysis

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USD 403.70 4.13 1.01%

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Net Income vs Begin Period Cash Flow

Net Income vs Begin Period Cash Flow Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Caterpillar Net Income account and Begin Period Cash Flow. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have weak relationship.

The correlation between Caterpillar's Net Income and Begin Period Cash Flow is 0.37. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Net Income that can explain the historical movement of Begin Period Cash Flow in the same time period over historical financial statements of Caterpillar, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Caterpillar's Net Income and Begin Period Cash Flow is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Net Income of Caterpillar are associated (or correlated) with its Begin Period Cash Flow. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Begin Period Cash Flow has no effect on the direction of Net Income i.e., Caterpillar's Net Income and Begin Period Cash Flow go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.37

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Very Weak

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Net Income

Net income is one of the most important fundamental items in finance. It plays a large role in Caterpillar financial statement analysis. It represents the amount of money remaining after all of Caterpillar operating expenses, interest, taxes and preferred stock dividends have been deducted from a company total revenue.

Begin Period Cash Flow

The amount of cash a company has at the beginning of a financial reporting period. It serves as the starting point for calculating the period's cash flow from operations, investing, and financing activities.

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For more information on how to buy Caterpillar Stock please use our How to Invest in Caterpillar guide.Enterprise Value is likely to gain to about 29.4 B in 2024, whereas Selling General Administrative is likely to drop slightly above 3.8 B in 2024.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	15.0B	17.5B	23.3B	24.4B
Total Revenue	51.0B	59.4B	67.1B	35.3B

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Caterpillar fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Accounts Payable	Common Stock Total Equity
Total Assets		0.99	0.59	0.97	0.7	0.76	0.98	0.52	0.63	0.97	0.41	0.63	0.98	-0.57	0.97	0.66	0.15	-0.43	1.0	0.34	0.97	0.93	0.52	0.77	0.83	0.8
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.99		0.57	0.95	0.69	0.75	0.98	0.52	0.7	0.97	0.37	0.7	0.97	-0.61	0.98	0.61	0.13	-0.46	0.99	0.33	0.94	0.96	0.49	0.76	0.76	0.81
Other Current Liab	0.59	0.57		0.67	0.83	0.32	0.58	0.95	0.61	0.48	-0.02	0.61	0.66	-0.77	0.5	0.91	0.81	-0.87	0.58	0.81	0.65	0.56	-0.07	0.34	0.68	0.69
Total Current Liabilities	0.97	0.95	0.67		0.68	0.65	0.94	0.6	0.62	0.9	0.26	0.62	0.97	-0.67	0.91	0.71	0.29	-0.55	0.97	0.39	0.98	0.92	0.37	0.67	0.89	0.87
Total Stockholder Equity	0.7	0.69	0.83	0.68		0.62	0.71	0.85	0.6	0.66	0.34	0.6	0.71	-0.59	0.61	0.85	0.5	-0.66	0.66	0.78	0.69	0.65	0.21	0.63	0.59	0.6
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.76	0.75	0.32	0.65	0.62		0.83	0.29	0.22	0.83	0.81	0.22	0.71	-0.15	0.78	0.48	-0.11	-0.07	0.74	0.34	0.64	0.65	0.75	1.0	0.46	0.35
Net Debt	0.98	0.98	0.58	0.94	0.71	0.83		0.51	0.57	0.98	0.49	0.57	0.96	-0.53	0.97	0.66	0.14	-0.4	0.98	0.39	0.92	0.93	0.59	0.83	0.76	0.73
Retained Earnings	0.52	0.52	0.95	0.6	0.85	0.29	0.51		0.66	0.4	-0.08	0.66	0.58	-0.84	0.41	0.87	0.8	-0.94	0.5	0.8	0.61	0.54	-0.22	0.32	0.58	0.71
Cash	0.63	0.7	0.61	0.62	0.6	0.22	0.57	0.66		0.56	-0.19	1.0	0.64	-0.84	0.62	0.45	0.32	-0.73	0.63	0.33	0.66	0.71	-0.13	0.22	0.47	0.81
Non Current Assets Total	0.97	0.97	0.48	0.9	0.66	0.83	0.98	0.4	0.56		0.53	0.56	0.92	-0.44	0.98	0.55	0.02	-0.29	0.97	0.32	0.87	0.92	0.67	0.83	0.7	0.67
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.41	0.37	-0.02	0.26	0.34	0.81	0.49	-0.08	-0.19	0.53		-0.19	0.33	0.35	0.46	0.2	-0.35	0.36	0.38	0.12	0.25	0.24	0.84	0.79	0.18	-0.14
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.63	0.7	0.61	0.62	0.6	0.22	0.57	0.66	1.0	0.56	-0.19		0.64	-0.84	0.62	0.45	0.32	-0.73	0.63	0.33	0.66	0.71	-0.13	0.22	0.47	0.81
Net Receivables	0.98	0.97	0.66	0.97	0.71	0.71	0.96	0.58	0.64	0.92	0.33	0.64		-0.62	0.95	0.73	0.24	-0.51	0.98	0.38	0.98	0.89	0.46	0.72	0.87	0.82
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.57	-0.61	-0.77	-0.67	-0.59	-0.15	-0.53	-0.84	-0.84	-0.44	0.35	-0.84	-0.62		-0.48	-0.6	-0.67	0.95	-0.58	-0.5	-0.67	-0.68	0.34	-0.17	-0.57	-0.91
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.97	0.98	0.5	0.91	0.61	0.78	0.97	0.41	0.62	0.98	0.46	0.62	0.95	-0.48		0.58	0.04	-0.32	0.98	0.25	0.9	0.9	0.62	0.77	0.74	0.7
Inventory	0.66	0.61	0.91	0.71	0.85	0.48	0.66	0.87	0.45	0.55	0.2	0.45	0.73	-0.6	0.58		0.68	-0.71	0.65	0.71	0.72	0.54	0.14	0.49	0.78	0.59
Other Current Assets	0.15	0.13	0.81	0.29	0.5	-0.11	0.14	0.8	0.32	0.02	-0.35	0.32	0.24	-0.67	0.04	0.68		-0.82	0.15	0.76	0.26	0.2	-0.42	-0.08	0.37	0.46
Other Stockholder Equity	-0.43	-0.46	-0.87	-0.55	-0.66	-0.07	-0.4	-0.94	-0.73	-0.29	0.36	-0.73	-0.51	0.95	-0.32	-0.71	-0.82		-0.43	-0.64	-0.56	-0.51	0.44	-0.1	-0.52	-0.79
Total Liab	1.0	0.99	0.58	0.97	0.66	0.74	0.98	0.5	0.63	0.97	0.38	0.63	0.98	-0.58	0.98	0.65	0.15	-0.43		0.32	0.96	0.93	0.53	0.75	0.82	0.79
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.34	0.33	0.81	0.39	0.78	0.34	0.39	0.8	0.33	0.32	0.12	0.33	0.38	-0.5	0.25	0.71	0.76	-0.64	0.32		0.34	0.4	-0.01	0.37	0.27	0.38
Total Current Assets	0.97	0.94	0.65	0.98	0.69	0.64	0.92	0.61	0.66	0.87	0.25	0.66	0.98	-0.67	0.9	0.72	0.26	-0.56	0.96	0.34		0.88	0.33	0.66	0.91	0.88
Short Term Debt	0.93	0.96	0.56	0.92	0.65	0.65	0.93	0.54	0.71	0.92	0.24	0.71	0.89	-0.68	0.9	0.54	0.2	-0.51	0.93	0.4	0.88		0.37	0.67	0.65	0.84
Intangible Assets	0.52	0.49	-0.07	0.37	0.21	0.75	0.59	-0.22	-0.13	0.67	0.84	-0.13	0.46	0.34	0.62	0.14	-0.42	0.44	0.53	-0.01	0.33	0.37		0.72	0.26	-0.08
Property Plant Equipment	0.77	0.76	0.34	0.67	0.63	1.0	0.83	0.32	0.22	0.83	0.79	0.22	0.72	-0.17	0.77	0.49	-0.08	-0.1	0.75	0.37	0.66	0.67	0.72		0.47	0.38
Accounts Payable	0.83	0.76	0.68	0.89	0.59	0.46	0.76	0.58	0.47	0.7	0.18	0.47	0.87	-0.57	0.74	0.78	0.37	-0.52	0.82	0.27	0.91	0.65	0.26	0.47		0.75
Common Stock Total Equity	0.8	0.81	0.69	0.87	0.6	0.35	0.73	0.71	0.81	0.67	-0.14	0.81	0.82	-0.91	0.7	0.59	0.46	-0.79	0.79	0.38	0.88	0.84	-0.08	0.38	0.75

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Caterpillar Account Relationship Matchups

Caterpillar fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	78.5B	78.3B	82.8B	81.9B	87.5B	50.5B
Short Long Term Debt Total	37.7B	37.2B	37.8B	37.0B	38.5B	23.8B
Other Current Liab	8.1B	7.3B	8.9B	9.7B	11.3B	11.9B
Total Current Liabilities	26.6B	25.7B	29.8B	31.5B	34.7B	17.8B
Total Stockholder Equity	14.6B	15.3B	16.5B	15.9B	19.5B	20.5B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	12.9B	12.4B	8.2B	12.0B	12.7B	9.1B
Net Debt	29.4B	27.8B	28.5B	30.0B	31.5B	20.6B
Retained Earnings	34.4B	35.2B	39.3B	43.5B	51.3B	53.8B
Cash	8.3B	9.4B	9.3B	7.0B	7.0B	7.3B
Non Current Assets Total	39.3B	38.9B	39.3B	38.2B	40.5B	26.5B
Non Currrent Assets Other	3.3B	3.8B	4.1B	1.3B	3.3B	3.1B
Cash And Short Term Investments	8.3B	9.4B	9.3B	7.0B	7.0B	7.3B
Net Receivables	17.9B	16.8B	17.4B	17.9B	18.8B	12.0B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	567.5M	548.6M	548.5M	530.4M	513.6M	568.7M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	78.5B	78.3B	82.8B	81.9B	87.5B	50.5B
Non Current Liabilities Total	37.2B	37.2B	36.4B	34.5B	33.2B	23.1B
Inventory	11.3B	11.4B	14.0B	16.3B	16.6B	17.4B
Other Current Assets	1.7B	1.9B	2.8B	2.6B	4.6B	4.8B
Other Stockholder Equity	(24.2B)	(25.2B)	(27.6B)	(31.7B)	(36.3B)	(34.5B)
Total Liab	63.8B	62.9B	66.3B	66.1B	68.0B	40.8B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	12.9B	12.4B	12.1B	12.0B	28.6B	30.1B
Total Current Assets	39.2B	39.5B	43.5B	43.8B	46.9B	24.0B
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(1.6B)	(888M)	(1.6B)	(2.5B)	(1.8B)	(1.9B)
Short Term Debt	11.4B	11.3B	11.8B	11.4B	13.6B	7.6B
Intangible Assets	1.6B	1.3B	1.0B	758M	564M	535.8M
Property Plant Equipment	12.9B	12.4B	8.2B	12.0B	13.8B	9.0B
Accounts Payable	6.0B	6.1B	8.2B	8.7B	7.9B	4.8B
Common Stock Total Equity	5.9B	6.2B	6.4B	6.6B	7.5B	4.1B
Common Stock	5.9B	6.2B	6.4B	6.6B	6.4B	4.2B
Other Liab	10.5B	11.2B	10.4B	8.4B	9.6B	9.8B
Other Assets	3.9B	18.8B	7.2B	6.8B	7.8B	4.4B
Long Term Debt	26.3B	26.0B	26.0B	25.7B	24.5B	21.9B
Treasury Stock	(24.2B)	(25.2B)	(27.6B)	(31.7B)	(28.6B)	(27.1B)
Current Deferred Revenue	1.2B	1.1B	1.1B	1.9B	1.9B	1.3B
Good Will	6.2B	6.4B	6.3B	5.3B	5.3B	4.9B
Short Term Investments	0.0	9.4B	964M	1.9B	2.2B	2.3B
Net Tangible Assets	6.8B	7.6B	9.1B	9.8B	11.3B	7.5B

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