Deere & Company

DE Industrials Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Deere & Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $45.7 billion, down 11.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.91%
EPS
+7.35%
Free cash flow
−20.1%
Total debt
−4.22%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

665.50 11.00 −1.63%
Market cap
$178.9B
P/E
36.9×
Fwd P/E
37.3×
Dividend yield
0.97%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.92
Beneish M
−2.60
Dividend safety
74/100

Deere & Company (DE) Return on equity

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Deere & Company's return on equity over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 18.3%, down 2.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6% (fiscal 2025) to 48.4% (fiscal 2023) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median of 3.99% and above the Industrials sector median of 3.71%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 20.6% (11.22)
FY2024 31.8% (16.53)
FY2023 48.4% 11.50
FY2022 36.9% (1.16)
FY2021 38.0% 15.42
FY2020 22.6% (6.06)
FY2019 28.7% 5.94
FY2018 22.7% (4.12)
FY2017 26.8% 3.89
FY2016 22.9% (1.58)

Against its own ten years

Low 20.6% High 48.4%
Ten-year median 26.8%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
BLBD Blue Bird Corporation compare 64.3%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. compare 56.2%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation compare 20.5%
DE Deere & Company 18.3%
PCAR PACCAR Inc. compare 13.7%
OSK Oshkosh Corporation compare 11.0%
AGCO AGCO Corporation compare 6.53%
TEX Terex Corporation compare 5.68%
CNH CNH Industrial N.V. compare 3.99%
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry median 3.99%
Industrials sector median 3.71%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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