Zacks Research Issues Negative Estimate for AGCO Earnings

AGCO Co. (NYSE:AGCO) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for AGCO in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 1st. Zacks Research analyst S. Deb now expects that the industrial products company will earn $0.11 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.20. The consensus estimate for AGCO’s current full-year earnings is $4.20 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AGCO’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.13 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.04 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.28 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.64 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.57 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.92 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Baird R W cut shares of AGCO from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on AGCO from $108.00 to $109.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Truist Financial increased their target price on AGCO from $109.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on AGCO from $102.00 to $111.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered shares of AGCO from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $116.00 to $100.00 in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $104.60.

AGCO Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE:AGCO opened at $92.49 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.90 billion, a P/E ratio of -16.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.24. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $97.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.00. AGCO has a 52-week low of $84.35 and a 52-week high of $125.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60.

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.01 by ($0.04). AGCO had a negative net margin of 3.64% and a positive return on equity of 13.40%.

Institutional Trading of AGCO

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AGCO. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of AGCO by 128.2% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 6,504,328 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $608,026,000 after buying an additional 3,654,350 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in AGCO by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,984,081 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $278,951,000 after acquiring an additional 258,054 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in AGCO by 534.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 2,901,790 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $271,259,000 after acquiring an additional 2,444,615 shares in the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of AGCO by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,744,133 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $256,522,000 after purchasing an additional 39,966 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of AGCO by 68.7% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,360,301 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $220,641,000 after purchasing an additional 961,081 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.80% of the company’s stock.

AGCO Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were paid a dividend of $0.29 per share. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. AGCO’s dividend payout ratio is presently -20.39%.

AGCO Company Profile

AGCO Corporation manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and related replacement parts worldwide. It offers horsepower tractors for row crop production, soil cultivation, planting, land leveling, seeding, and commercial hay operations; utility tractors for small- and medium-sized farms, as well as for dairy, livestock, orchards, and vineyards; and compact tractors for small farms, specialty agricultural industries, landscaping, equestrian, and residential uses.