# Deere & Company (DE) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Machinery. Price $693.53, market value $187.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 38.6×** (5-yr avg 16.7×, 3-yr avg 16.8×). Deere & Company trades at 38.6× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 16.7×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 30.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 3.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 3.9×.
- **Price / book: 6.7×**. The shares trade at 6.7× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.2%** (5-yr avg 5.7%). Free cash flow equals 3.2% of the market value, below its five-year average of 5.7%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 2.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 11.0%**. 11.0% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 19.4%**. 19.4% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 4.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -11.7%** (3-yr -4.6%/yr, 5-yr 5.2%/yr). Revenue fell 11.7% over the last year, against 5.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -27.8%** (3-yr -7.4%/yr, 5-yr 16.3%/yr). Earnings per share fell 27.8%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 19.6%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 19.6% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.53**. Debt is 0.53 times equity, moderate leverage.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.93%** ($6.48 per share, trailing). Deere & Company yields 0.93%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 34%** (29% of free cash flow). 34% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 26**. 26 straight years of increases (the data covers 26 years, so this may be longer): a record very few companies hold.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 16.3%/yr** (1-yr 7.5%). The dividend has compounded at 16.3% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 4 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 47.9%** (YTD 49.8%, 3-mo 19.2%). The shares are up 47.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -1.7%** (60.2% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 68**. An RSI of 68 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.46** (volatility 32%). Beta of 0.46 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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