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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
64% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 203 | Existing positions closed: 124
14% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 43 [Q4 2024] → 49 (+6) [Q1 2025]
12% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.65B | Put options by funds: $1.47B
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,257 [Q4 2024] → 2,288 (+31) [Q1 2025]
0.56% less ownership
Funds ownership: 72.3% [Q4 2024] → 71.74% (-0.56%) [Q1 2025]
2% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $93.7B [Q4 2024] → $91.3B (-$2.32B) [Q1 2025]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 810 | Existing positions reduced: 866
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
13 analyst ratings
Citigroup Kyle Menges | 3%upside $525 | Neutral Maintained | 30 May 2025 |
BMO Capital Joel Jackson | 10%downside $460 | Market Perform Maintained | 21 May 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group David Raso | 3%downside $493 | In-Line Maintained | 19 May 2025 |
Truist Securities Jamie Cook | 21%upside $619 | Buy Maintained | 16 May 2025 |
Oppenheimer Kristen Owen | 9%upside $555 | Outperform Maintained | 16 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 22 articles about DE published over the past 30 days









