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发表于 2010-4-26 01:21 PM
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About CAT---Caterpillar had what was perceived as a blowout quarter even though its Q1 2010 earnings were well below Q1 2009. As Karl Denninger summarizes: "Machinery sales were down 1% from a year ago - but I thought a year ago was the depths of the recession and we have been recovering since? So how do we get a negative year-over-year comparison? Worse, in North America (that's here!) machinery sales were down 15% with dealer inventories half of year ago levels. That is, not only is heavy equipment not selling, dealers don't think it will be in the near future either. So how did we get big increases? Asia, up 40%. Yep, that matters, and it's what drove the results. Engine sales were even worse, off 28%, and even in Asia they were down, in that case 15%."
So let's get this straight: the company's actual top line results were worse than a year ago (and after firing everyone, the firm was hard pressed not to report better EPS), and its entire bet on the future, which is what is causing its stock to spike. |
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