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DE vs. CAT, PCAR, CMI, WAB, CNH, AGCO, TTC, OSK, FSS, and TEX

Should you be buying Deere & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deere & Company include Caterpillar (CAT), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), AGCO (AGCO), Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), and Terex (TEX). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Deere & Company vs.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Caterpillar has higher revenue and earnings than Deere & Company. Caterpillar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deere & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caterpillar$63.26B2.56$10.79B$20.5216.75
Deere & Company$46.93B2.95$7.10B$20.6724.67

Caterpillar presently has a consensus target price of $375.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.23%. Deere & Company has a consensus target price of $516.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Caterpillar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Caterpillar is more favorable than Deere & Company.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caterpillar
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Deere & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 12 more articles in the media than Caterpillar. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Deere & Company and 56 mentions for Caterpillar. Caterpillar's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Deere & Company's score of 1.02 indicating that Caterpillar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caterpillar
41 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Deere & Company
40 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Caterpillar pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deere & Company pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Caterpillar has raised its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Deere & Company has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Caterpillar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Caterpillar has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caterpillar received 50 more outperform votes than Deere & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.30% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote while only 62.19% of users gave Caterpillar an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CaterpillarOutperform Votes
1219
62.19%
Underperform Votes
741
37.81%
Deere & CompanyOutperform Votes
1169
64.30%
Underperform Votes
649
35.70%

71.0% of Caterpillar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Caterpillar has a net margin of 16.65% compared to Deere & Company's net margin of 12.94%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 58.18% beat Deere & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caterpillar16.65% 58.18% 12.57%
Deere & Company 12.94%27.31%5.87%

Summary

Caterpillar beats Deere & Company on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DE vs. The Competition

MetricDeere & CompanyFarm machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$138.38B$24.96B$7.63B$19.27B
Dividend Yield1.26%1.01%4.59%3.89%
P/E Ratio22.6012.9123.6534.33
Price / Sales2.951.3291.9834.89
Price / Cash14.6112.0526.9417.51
Price / Book6.182.924.104.69
Net Income$7.10B$1.15B$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.05%-3.91%3.58%-2.11%
1 Month Performance11.09%15.11%13.83%4.25%
1 Year Performance35.97%11.93%20.23%4.87%

Deere & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DE
Deere & Company
4.494 of 5 stars
$509.20
-0.2%
$516.75
+1.5%
+36.0%$138.20B$46.93B22.5782,200News Coverage
Positive News
CAT
Caterpillar
4.8104 of 5 stars
$345.03
+0.7%
$375.33
+8.8%
-1.5%$162.52B$63.26B15.63109,100Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
4.2551 of 5 stars
$94.33
flat
$104.14
+10.4%
-14.8%$49.52B$32.36B11.9331,100Positive News
CMI
Cummins
4.6714 of 5 stars
$321.48
-0.5%
$352.17
+9.5%
+11.4%$44.28B$33.87B11.4173,600Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
2.9424 of 5 stars
$200.04
-0.4%
$211.83
+5.9%
+17.4%$34.23B$10.50B33.1727,000
CNH
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign
4.5616 of 5 stars
$12.96
+0.9%
$14.92
+15.1%
+19.7%$16.19B$18.85B12.5871,900News Coverage
AGCO
AGCO
4.0777 of 5 stars
$102.55
+0.6%
$103.30
+0.7%
-5.7%$7.65B$10.78B-18.0225,600Analyst Forecast
TTC
Toro
3.3326 of 5 stars
$74.93
+0.1%
$89.75
+19.8%
-11.2%$7.47B$4.58B18.6911,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OSK
Oshkosh
4.7334 of 5 stars
$98.29
-0.2%
$114.93
+16.9%
-15.2%$6.33B$10.50B9.5015,000Positive News
Gap Up
FSS
Federal Signal
1.8945 of 5 stars
$93.01
-0.2%
$98.00
+5.4%
+6.2%$5.67B$1.90B26.964,100Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.6419 of 5 stars
$45.81
+0.5%
$49.40
+7.8%
-26.8%$3.04B$5.06B9.249,300Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:DE) was last updated on 5/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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