Caterpillar Beat Earnings and Still Dropped 9%. The AI Power Trade Just Hit the Same Wall as Software.

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Caterpillar's price is under pressure as a headline earnings beat was revealed to be inflated by a one-time tariff refund, failing to provide the guidance raise needed to validate bull-case growth assumptions. While data center demand remains robust, the market is currently penalizing AI-infrastructure players that meet but do not exceed outlooks, confirming that the price has not yet shifted to pay for a durable growth cycle.

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