Top Ten 2007 Growth Facts About Your Company
- Third straight year of organic revenue growth of 2 to 3 times GDP growth
- Earnings per share (EPS) of $2.20, an increase of 18%
- Global revenue growth of 22%, more than half of revenues outside the U.S.
- Orders growth of 18%
- Equipment backlog of $49 billion, an increase of 54%; service backlog of $109 billion,
an increase of 17%
- Financial services assets growth of 16%
- Free cash flow of $19 billion; industrial cash from operating activities growth of 15%
- Dividend increase of 11%, 32nd straight annual increase
- $25.4 billion returned to investors through the dividend and stock buyback
- One of five “Triple-A”-rated U.S. industrial companies
Note: Financial results from continuing operations unless otherwise noted