Caterpillar falls on lowering FY sales forecast, Q3 profit miss
** Shares of construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar CAT.N down 2.9% at $376.23 premarket
** Co expects 2024 revenue to be below its forecast from August, when it had said that FY rev will be "slightly lower" than 2023
** Expects Q4 rev to be slightly lower compared to same qtr last year
** Reports a fall in Q3 adj profit as higher borrowing costs and sticky inflation led to a slowdown in machinery demand, forcing the co's dealers to moderate product restocking
** CAT posts Q3 adj EPS $5.17, missing analysts' average estimate of $5.34, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Total sales fell 4% to $16.1 bln but was slightly above expectations of $16.08 bln - LSEG data
** As of last close, stock up about 31% YTD
Reporting by Sukriti Gupta in Bengaluru
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