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2. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) trended this week after the machinery maker reported an adjusted EPS of $2.66 versus the consensus of $2.2 for Q3. The company’s profit benefited from operational performance and a less than expected effective tax rate. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) sales for Q3 were $12.4 billion, slightly below the consensus of $12.48 billion. After the earnings report, Steven Fisher of UBS upgraded Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ and set a price target of $235 from $232. Fisher Asset Management owned more than 6.8 million shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) at the end of September.