Zacks Research Forecasts Lower Earnings for Deere & Company

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Deere & Company in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $5.58 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $6.05. The consensus estimate for Deere & Company’s current full-year earnings is $19.52 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Deere & Company’s Q4 2025 earnings at $4.63 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.68 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.23 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $23.31 EPS.

DE has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Bank of America increased their target price on Deere & Company from $400.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 16th. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Deere & Company from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $510.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Friday, December 6th. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of Deere & Company from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, August 19th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Deere & Company from $404.00 to $462.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Deere & Company from $400.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $443.28.

Deere & Company Stock Performance

Shares of Deere & Company stock opened at $439.48 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $120.24 billion, a PE ratio of 17.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.96. Deere & Company has a 1 year low of $340.20 and a 1 year high of $469.39. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $419.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $392.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 2.09.

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 21st. The industrial products company reported $4.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.89 by $0.66. Deere & Company had a net margin of 13.73% and a return on equity of 31.32%. The company had revenue of $9.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.20 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $8.26 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 32.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Deere & Company

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fairscale Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Deere & Company during the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Livelsberger Financial Advisory acquired a new stake in shares of Deere & Company during the 3rd quarter valued at $32,000. Centennial Bank AR boosted its stake in shares of Deere & Company by 420.0% during the 2nd quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 104 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC grew its holdings in shares of Deere & Company by 155.8% in the 3rd quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 110 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Briaud Financial Planning Inc raised its position in shares of Deere & Company by 73.5% during the second quarter. Briaud Financial Planning Inc now owns 118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. 68.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Deere & Company Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be issued a dividend of $1.62 per share. This is a boost from Deere & Company’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.47. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $6.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.47%. Deere & Company’s payout ratio is presently 22.97%.

About Deere & Company

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 large and medium tractors, combines, cotton pickers and strippers, sugarcane harvesters and loaders, harvesting front-end equipment, pull-behind scrapers, and tillage and seeding equipment, as well as application equipment, including sprayers and nutrient management, and soil preparation machinery for grain growers.