Deere & Company Q2 EPS Forecast Decreased by Zacks Research

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Deere & Company in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, December 11th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $5.58 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate 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.

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

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on DE. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on shares of Deere & Company from $448.00 to $477.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. UBS Group lifted their target price on Deere & Company from $404.00 to $462.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Deere & Company from $496.00 to $538.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Deere & Company from $401.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Deere & Company from $400.00 to $410.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, August 16th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Deere & Company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $443.28.

Deere & Company Price Performance

Shares of DE opened at $440.45 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $120.51 billion, a P/E 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 stock’s 50-day moving average price is $419.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $392.05. The company has a current ratio of 2.09, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.89.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Deere & Company

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of Deere & Company by 32.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 7,352,465 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,068,404,000 after acquiring an additional 1,782,984 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Deere & Company by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,208,368 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,168,737,000 after buying an additional 31,459 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Deere & Company by 27.8% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,542,013 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,895,518,000 after buying an additional 988,380 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in Deere & Company by 2.7% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 2,254,266 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $842,259,000 after buying an additional 60,255 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in Deere & Company by 15.0% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,146,441 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $802,037,000 after acquiring an additional 279,627 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 68.58% of the company’s stock.

Deere & Company Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $6.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.47%. This is a boost from Deere & Company’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.47. Deere & Company’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 22.97%.

Deere & Company Company Profile

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.