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Deere & Company

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Quarters tracked
1
YouTube quarters live
0
Latest video
Pending
YouTube available
No
Current price
$590.46
+6.14 (+1.05%)
Trailing / Forward P/E
33.34x
Forward: 25.63x
Market cap / Volume
Volume:
Revenue / Earnings Growth
-11.1%
Earnings: -8.5%
Margins
17.5% op
Gross: 26.2% · Net: 10.3%
Balance sheet
2.25x current
Debt / Equity: 376.0
52-week range / Beta
$433.00 - $674.19
Beta: 0.99
Analyst target
$665.10
Upside: 12.6%
Cash / shareholder return
2.63% FCF yield
Dividend yield: 1.11%

Company context

Industry: Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Country: United States
Employees:
Price to book: 6.06x
Return on equity: 19.6%
Deere & Company engages in the manufacture and distribution of various equipment worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Production and Precision Agriculture, Small Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Production and Precision Agriculture segment provides four-wheel-drive track and row crop tractors, harvesters, cotton pickers and strippers, sugarcane harvesters and loaders, soil preparation, tillage, seeding, and crop care equipment, as well as application equipment, including sprayers and nutrient management, soil preparation machinery, and related attachments and service parts. The Small Agriculture and Turf segment offers specialty, utility, and compact tractors; self-propelled forage harvesters and attachments; rotary mowers, hay and forage equipment, and utility vehicles; turf and utility equipment, including riding lawn, commercial mowing, and golf course equipment, and utility vehicles, as well as implements for mowing, tilling, snow and debris handling, aerating, residential, commercial, golf, and sports turf care applications. The Construction and Forestry segment provides backhoe loaders, crawler dozers and loaders, four-wheel-drive loaders, excavators, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, skid-steer loaders, milling machines, recyclers, slipform and asphalt pavers, surface miners, compactors, tandem, static rollers, mobile crushers and screens, mobile and stationary asphalt plants, and log harvesters; and road building and rehabilitation equipment. The Financial Services segment finances sales and leases agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment. It also offers wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment; and extended equipment warranties. Deere & Company has a strategic partnership with Tarter USA to develop and produce flex wing rotary cutters. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.

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Market context for DE

Competitive view

DE vs. two close competitors

This section compares the current company against two nearby peers on valuation, growth, margins, balance-sheet strength, and investment setup. Green generally marks the strongest relative figure for that row, while red marks the weakest.

Deere & Company
DE
Latest video
YouTube link pending
Growth profile looks mature or currently muted, which can cap multiple expansion unless execution improves.
Profitability is serviceable, but it does not obviously dominate peers on margin or cash conversion alone.
Valuation sits in a middle zone where future upside likely depends more on quarterly execution than on multiple re-rating alone.
Balance-sheet leverage is elevated, so investors should watch refinancing costs and how much flexibility management really has.
Caterpillar Inc.
CAT
YouTube
Latest video
Q1 2026
Growth is positive but not explosive, which usually supports a steadier compounding case than a hyper-growth story.
Profitability is serviceable, but it does not obviously dominate peers on margin or cash conversion alone.
Valuation sits in a middle zone where future upside likely depends more on quarterly execution than on multiple re-rating alone.
Balance-sheet leverage is elevated, so investors should watch refinancing costs and how much flexibility management really has.
GE Aerospace
GE
YouTube
Latest video
Q1 2026
Growth profile looks strong right now, with above-average top-line and/or earnings momentum.
Profitability is serviceable, but it does not obviously dominate peers on margin or cash conversion alone.
Valuation already asks investors to pay up, so the upside case depends on continued execution staying strong.
Balance-sheet leverage is elevated, so investors should watch refinancing costs and how much flexibility management really has.
Market Cap
More scale can mean deeper resources and resilience, although bigger does not automatically mean better upside.
DE
$159.49B
Deere & Company
CAT
$371.88B
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
$320.80B
GE Aerospace
Trailing P/E
Lower trailing P/E can indicate a cheaper valuation relative to trailing earnings, but it may also reflect slower growth or higher perceived risk.
DE
33.3x
Deere & Company
CAT
42.2x
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
37.7x
GE Aerospace
Forward P/E
Forward P/E is often a better read on what investors are paying for the next year of earnings power.
DE
25.6x
Deere & Company
CAT
28.6x
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
35.3x
GE Aerospace
Revenue Growth
Higher revenue growth usually signals stronger demand, market share gains, or a business still in expansion mode.
DE
-11.1%
Deere & Company
CAT
18.0%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
17.6%
GE Aerospace
Earnings Growth
Faster earnings growth matters because it shows management is converting sales momentum into shareholder value.
DE
-8.5%
Deere & Company
CAT
-11.4%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
37.4%
GE Aerospace
Operating Margin
Higher operating margin suggests better operating discipline, pricing power, or a structurally stronger business model.
DE
17.5%
Deere & Company
CAT
16.0%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
19.6%
GE Aerospace
Gross Margin
Gross margin helps show how much product-level pricing power and unit economics a company has before overhead.
DE
26.2%
Deere & Company
CAT
28.8%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
31.5%
GE Aerospace
Net Margin
Higher net margin means more of each dollar of revenue reaches the bottom line after all costs.
DE
10.3%
Deere & Company
CAT
13.1%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
19.0%
GE Aerospace
Return on Equity
ROE shows how efficiently management turns shareholder capital into profits, though leverage can inflate it.
DE
19.6%
Deere & Company
CAT
43.5%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
44.7%
GE Aerospace
Free Cash Flow Yield
Higher free cash flow yield can indicate a stronger cash return relative to the stock's market value.
DE
2.6%
Deere & Company
CAT
1.6%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
1.6%
GE Aerospace
Debt to Equity
Lower leverage usually means less balance-sheet risk, though capital-intensive sectors naturally run higher debt loads.
DE
376.02x
Deere & Company
CAT
206.67x
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
114.07x
GE Aerospace
Current Ratio
A stronger current ratio usually signals better short-term liquidity and more room to absorb shocks.
DE
2.25x
Deere & Company
CAT
1.44x
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
1.04x
GE Aerospace
Beta
Lower beta often means lower volatility versus the market, while higher beta usually brings a rougher ride.
DE
0.99
Deere & Company
CAT
1.52
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
1.43
GE Aerospace
Dividend Yield
Dividend yield matters for income-focused investors, but a high yield can also reflect a stressed stock price.
DE
1.1%
Deere & Company
CAT
0.8%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
0.5%
GE Aerospace
Analyst Upside
Higher analyst upside suggests the Street still sees room between current price and consensus fair value.
DE
12.6%
Deere & Company
CAT
-5.1%
Caterpillar Inc.
GE
15.3%
GE Aerospace

YouTube timeline

Quarterly archive for DE

Each row is one quarter. Only the YouTube link is shown here for now.

Q1 2026
Video pending
Pending link pending
Quarterly earnings-analysis entry for Deere & Company. Use the YouTube link on the right to jump straight into that quarter's video when it is live.
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