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PERFORMANCE • 2010 STOCK PERFORMANCE
The market acknowledged Caterpillar’s
improved performance in 2010 with a
64.3 percent increase in share price during
the year. Caterpillar also was the best
performing stock among the companies
comprising the Dow Jones Industrial
Average in 2010.
2008-2010 CLOSING STOCK PRICE
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
2008 2009 2010
$56.99
$93.66
$44.67
TOTAL RETURN – CATERPILLAR VS. S&P
2005 2007 2008 20092006 2010
$100.00
$107.89
$129.99
$82.16
$109.36
$184.47
Caterpillar Inc.
S&P 500 Index
S&P 500 Machinery
Index (S5MACH)
Cumulative stockholder return assuming an investment of $100 on December 31, 2005,
and reinvestment of dividends issued thereafter.
2010 YEAR IN REVIEW