Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) Forecasted to Post Q3 2025 Earnings of $5.45 Per Share

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) – Analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Deere & Company in a report issued on Wednesday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $5.45 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $5.43. The consensus estimate for Deere & Company’s current full-year earnings is $25.41 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Deere & Company’s Q4 2025 earnings at $5.57 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $23.01 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $5.72 EPS.

DE has been the subject of several other reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of Deere & Company from $402.00 to $389.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 8th. BMO Capital Markets started coverage on Deere & Company in a research note on Friday, August 9th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $400.00 price objective on the stock. Daiwa Capital Markets lifted their target price on Deere & Company from $400.00 to $420.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 15th. Raymond James assumed coverage on shares of Deere & Company in a report on Friday, June 28th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $420.00 target price for the company. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Deere & Company from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 17th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $422.35.

Deere & Company Stock Performance

Shares of Deere & Company stock opened at $377.99 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81. The company has a market cap of $104.16 billion, a PE ratio of 11.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a 50 day moving average of $367.47 and a 200-day moving average of $380.57. Deere & Company has a 1-year low of $340.20 and a 1-year high of $425.42.

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 15th. The industrial products company reported $6.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $5.80 by $0.49. Deere & Company had a net margin of 16.15% and a return on equity of 42.26%. The firm had revenue of $11.39 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.94 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $10.20 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 20.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Deere & Company

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DE. William B. Walkup & Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Deere & Company during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,090,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Deere & Company by 2.6% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 19,150 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,155,000 after acquiring an additional 493 shares in the last quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Deere & Company in the second quarter worth $615,000. Forefront Analytics LLC increased its stake in Deere & Company by 100.7% in the second quarter. Forefront Analytics LLC now owns 2,218 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $829,000 after purchasing an additional 1,113 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ascent Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Deere & Company by 11.6% during the second quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 1,620 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $605,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 68.58% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Deere & Company news, insider Cory J. Reed sold 13,370 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $377.63, for a total transaction of $5,048,913.10. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 41,642 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,725,268.46. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.26% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Deere & Company Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 28th were given a dividend of $1.47 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 28th. This represents a $5.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.56%. Deere & Company’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 17.70%.

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.