Deere & Company DE

What the company does

Deere & Company is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery), with a market value of $174.2B, based in the USA.

It employs about 73,100 people and has been listed since Jun 01, 1972.

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.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 35.8 versus 26.4 for 3 direct peers — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is growing 5% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 29.3 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 694.01, 7% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 73% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Net debt is 1.9× shareholders' equity — high leverage.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 11 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (16 vs 0).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (1.0% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 0.7% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

This week's news

• Is Deere (DE) Fairly Valued As Earnings Near And P E Questions Linger? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Deere (DE) heads toward a closely watched earnings release on November 25, 2026, after a session in which the stock gained 1.11% even as major indices slipped. Recent moves put Deere in an interesting middle ground, with a 1.11% one day share price gain following a roughly 8.5% decline over the past month and a 37.9%… source ↗

• PNR Set to Report Q3 Earnings: What's in the Offing for the Stock? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Pentair plc. PNR is set to release third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 27, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for PNR's third-quarter sales is pegged at $963.6 million, indicating a 5.7% decline from the year-ago reported figure. The consensus estimate for PNR's earnings has been unchanged at $1.07… source ↗

• Why the Market Dipped But Deere (DE) Gained Today finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Deere (DE) ended the recent trading session at $643.62, demonstrating a +1.11% change from the preceding day's closing price. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.21%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.02%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 2.6%. The agricultural equipment manufacturer's stock has dropped by… source ↗

• North America Cordless Garden Equipment Market Forecasts Growth from $4.6 Billion (2025) to $10.3 Billion by 2035, Profiling John Deere, The Toro Company, Husqvarna, EGO Power+ & 11 Other Key Players finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Company Logo 220-Page Report Shows Lithium-Ion Batteries Held 72.6% Share and the U.S. Accounted for $4.1 Billion in 2025 as Home Gardening and Landscaping Services Expand, While Upfront Costs and Battery Life Limit Adoption Dublin, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "North America Cordless Garden Equipment Market… source ↗

• Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: SpaceX, Tesla, United Airlines, Carnival, Maersk and Deere finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 22, 2026 – Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights SpaceX SPCX, Tesla TSLA, United Airlines UAL, Carnival Corp. CCL, Maersk AMKBY and Deere and Co. DE. SpaceX (SPCX) Stock Surges After Q3 Earnings: Time to Buy? SpaceX shares have surged as much as 12% in Wednesday's… source ↗

• SpaceX (SPCX) Stock Surges After Q3 Earnings: Time to Buy? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-21
  What the article says

  SpaceX SPCX shares have surged as much as 12% in Wednesday's trading session after Elon Musk's aerospace and artificial intelligence company delivered blowout Q3 results Tuesday evening, driven by soaring demand for AI infrastructure and continued growth in its Starlink satellite business. Adding to investor… source ↗

What changed since last week

No material change: same valuation verdict, same risk flags, price moved less than 3%.