Deere & Co
About: Deere is the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment and a major producer of construction machinery. The company is divided into four reporting segments: production & precision agriculture (PPA), small agriculture & turf (SAT), construction & forestry (CF), and financial services (FS), its captive finance subsidiary. The core PPA business is the largest contributor to sales and profits by far. Geographically, Deere sales are 60% US/Canada, 17% Europe, 14% Latin America, and 9% rest of world. Deere goes to market through a robust dealer network that includes over 2,000 dealer locations in North America with reach into over 100 countries. John Deere financial provides retail financing for machinery to its customers and wholesale financing for dealers.
Employees: 75,800
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
178% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 284 | Existing positions closed: 102
20% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $79.1B [Q3] → $95.2B (+$16.1B) [Q4]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,104 [Q3] → 2,236 (+132) [Q4]
5% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 41 [Q3] → 43 (+2) [Q4]
2.28% more ownership
Funds ownership: 69.93% [Q3] → 72.21% (+2.28%) [Q4]
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 747 | Existing positions reduced: 818
17% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.31B | Put options by funds: $1.58B
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Angel Castillo 50% 1-year accuracy 12 / 24 met price target | 11%upside $500 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Kyle Menges 30% 1-year accuracy 11 / 37 met price target | 0%downside $450 | Neutral Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
UBS Steven Fisher 27% 1-year accuracy 8 / 30 met price target | 3%downside $440 | Neutral Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
Baird Mircea Dobre 27% 1-year accuracy 4 / 15 met price target | 11%upside $501 | Neutral Downgraded | 3 Mar 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group David Raso 20% 1-year accuracy 4 / 20 met price target | 1%upside $455 | In-Line Maintained | 19 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 17 articles about DE published over the past 30 days









