Deere & Company (DE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Deere & Company in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" DE shares.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Deere & Company's shares. Their DE share price forecasts range from $342.00 to $582.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $443.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.3% from the stock's current price.
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Deere & Company's stock was trading at $428.76 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, DE stock has decreased by 16.7% and is now trading at $357.21.
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Deere & Company saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,650,000 shares, a drop of 7.7% from the April 30th total of 2,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 18th 2023.
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Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 19th. The industrial products company reported $9.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $8.57 by $1.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $16.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.87 billion. Deere & Company had a net margin of 15.00% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.11%. The company's revenue was up 33.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $6.81 EPS.
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Deere & Company announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.25 per share on Monday, May 8th. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 30th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.20.
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Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.40%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.78%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, DE will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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213 employees have rated Deere & Company Chief Executive Officer John May on Glassdoor.com. John May has an approval rating of 78% among the company's employees.

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Deere & Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DE."

Deere & Company's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.53%), Providence Capital Advisors LLC (1.92%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.77%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%), FMR LLC (1.48%) and Parnassus Investments LLC (1.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Cory J Reed, John C May II, John H Stone, Marc A Howze, Mary KW Jones, Pentz Markwart Von, Rajesh Kalathur, Ryan D Campbell and Tami A Erwin.
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Shares of DE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of DE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $357.21.

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) has a market capitalization of $105.85 billion and generates $52.58 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $7.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $29.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 82,200 workers across the globe.

Deere & Company's mailing address is ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE, MOLINE IL, 61265. The official website for the company is www.deere.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (309) 765-8000 or via fax at 309-765-5671.