Stocks · Industrials · Agricultural - Machinery
Deere & Company DE
$687.00 +2.96% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $185.45B
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 25, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 38.2× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +11.5%).
- Net debt is 5.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth37Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Quality61Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 4%
- Gross marginTop 33%
- Operating marginTop 14%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 49%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Interest coverBottom 46%
Value19Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 50%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 39%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Momentum92Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 7%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Revisions51Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 13%
Stability79Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 27%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.4% | 9.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -14.6% | -5.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 35.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 20.0% | 19.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.4% | 8.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.9% | 5.4% | ↑ | Top 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.9% | -14.6% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Gross margin | 35.7% | 37.7% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Operating margin | 19.0% | 20.0% | ↓ | Top 14% |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 12.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.1% | 9.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 22.1% | — | Top 4% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.5% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.49×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -93.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.98×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.95%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.38%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.32%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 2, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $731.20
- Target vs current price
- +6.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 46
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 46%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | +8.7% | +6.9% | +9.3% | +18.1% | — |
| May 21, 2026 | +14.9% | -5.2% | -3.8% | +5.1% | +7.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +19.8% | +11.6% | +5.1% | -3.8% | -3.1% |
| Nov 26, 2025 | +2.3% | -5.7% | -3.3% | -6.2% | +29.4% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | +3.9% | -6.8% | -4.1% | -7.2% | -7.4% |
| May 15, 2025 | +19.4% | +3.8% | +3.4% | +3.9% | +1.9% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +2.6% | -2.2% | +4.0% | -2.0% | +3.4% |
| Nov 21, 2024 | +17.0% | +8.0% | +15.1% | +5.4% | +22.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $5.10 | $4.69 | +8.7% | $12.61B |
| May 21, 2026 | $6.55 | $5.70 | +14.9% | $11.78B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $2.42 | $2.02 | +19.8% | $8.00B |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $3.93 | $3.84 | +2.3% | $12.09B |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $4.75 | $4.57 | +3.9% | $11.78B |
| May 15, 2025 | $6.64 | $5.56 | +19.4% | $12.53B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $3.19 | $3.11 | +2.6% | $8.26B |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $4.55 | $3.89 | +17.0% | $10.83B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 38.2× | 18.3× | 100th | Top 50% |
| P/E (forward) | 37.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.7× | — | — | Bottom 39% |
| EV / Sales | 5.05× | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.09% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Earnings yield | 2.62% | — | — | Top 50% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.6× – 34.9× since Aug 1, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +52.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -5.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +34.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 31
- Days above the 200-day average
- 185
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +16.9%
- RSI (14)
- 56.0
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.56
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -20.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2022 | Jul 6, 2022 | -34.1% | 54 days | 100 days (Nov 25, 2022) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Aug 5, 2024 | -22.7% | 259 days | 78 days (Nov 22, 2024) |
| Dec 2, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | -22.4% | 122 days | 37 days (Jul 25, 2023) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | -20.1% | 65 days | 68 days (Sep 1, 2026) |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -18.9% | 34 days | 26 days (May 15, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $185.45B
- P/E (TTM)
- 38.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $18.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $47.68B
- Dividend yield
- 0.94%
- 52-week range
- $433.00 – $721.22
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $43.03B | $51.28B | $60.25B | $50.52B | $44.66B |
| Gross profit | $13.71B | $15.73B | $22.31B | $19.50B | $16.30B |
| Operating income | $7.66B | $9.03B | $14.59B | $11.43B | $8.42B |
| Net income | $5.96B | $7.13B | $10.17B | $7.10B | $5.03B |
| EPS (diluted) | $18.99 | $23.28 | $34.63 | $25.62 | $18.50 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.83B | $8.26B | $12.53B | $11.78B | $12.09B | $9.61B | $13.37B | $12.61B |
| Net income | $1.25B | $869.0M | $1.80B | $1.29B | $1.06B | $656.0M | $1.77B | $1.38B |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.55 | $3.19 | $6.64 | $4.75 | $3.93 | $2.42 | $6.55 | $5.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.73B | $4.70B | $8.59B | $9.23B | $7.46B |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.58B | -$3.79B | -$4.47B | -$4.80B | -$4.23B |
| Free cash flow | $5.15B | $911.0M | $4.12B | $4.43B | $3.23B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.04B | -$1.31B | -$1.43B | -$1.60B | -$1.72B |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.39B | -$3.53B | -$7.22B | -$4.01B | -$1.14B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $10.28B
- Total assets
- $107.61B
- Total liabilities
- $79.57B
- Total debt
- $64.18B
- Net debt
- $55.25B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $27.99B
As of Aug 2, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.62 | Nov 9, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $1.62 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $1.62 | May 8, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $1.62 | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $1.62 | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $1.62 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $1.62 | May 8, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $1.62 | Feb 10, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,615,614
- Days to cover
- 3.99
- Change vs previous report
- +6.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 4, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Nov 29, 1995
- 3-for-1
- Sep 22, 1976
- 2-for-1
- Sep 22, 1972
- 2-for-1