Financial Accounting

a) Compare across time: is CAT's expected (by Wall Street analysts, who might have more information sources than we do) to grow faster or more slowly in the future 5 years, compared with the past 5 years? and why?

Current Growth Estimates:

Next 5 Years (per annum): 31.53%

Past 5 Years (per annum): -17.43%

b) These growth ratios are based on historical statistics facts (for the past 5 years, not for the future 5 years). In each area of growth (net income growth and dividend growth, respectively), has CAT been growing faster or more slowly than its industry average levels over the past 5 years?

Net income growth, 5-year average:

Company: -

Industry: -5.78

Dividend growth, 5-year average:

Company: 11.34

Industry: -34.60