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DE vs. LECO, AGCO, AIT, ALG, AOS, CAT, IR, TWI, XYL, and CMI

Should you be buying Deere & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deere & Company include Lincoln Electric (LECO), AGCO (AGCO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Alamo Group (ALG), A. O. Smith (AOS), Caterpillar (CAT), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Titan International (TWI), Xylem (XYL), and Cummins (CMI).

Deere & Company vs. Its Competitors

Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

79.6% of Lincoln Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Lincoln Electric 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lincoln Electric$4.01B3.30$466.11M$8.9026.90
Deere & Company$51.72B2.42$7.10B$19.1324.19

Lincoln Electric has a net margin of 12.27% compared to Deere & Company's net margin of 11.72%. Lincoln Electric's return on equity of 39.79% beat Deere & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lincoln Electric12.27% 39.79% 14.74%
Deere & Company 11.72%21.97%4.91%

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 36 more articles in the media than Lincoln Electric. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Deere & Company and 19 mentions for Lincoln Electric. Lincoln Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Deere & Company's score of 0.99 indicating that Lincoln Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lincoln Electric
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Deere & Company
30 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lincoln Electric pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lincoln Electric pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deere & Company pays out 33.9% 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. Lincoln Electric has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years and Deere & Company has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Lincoln Electric currently has a consensus target price of $243.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.70%. Deere & Company has a consensus target price of $517.35, suggesting a potential upside of 11.82%. Given Deere & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Lincoln Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lincoln Electric
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Deere & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Lincoln Electric has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lincoln Electric beats Deere & Company on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DE vs. The Competition

MetricDeere & CompanyMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$125.07B$16.64B$7.86B$21.95B
Dividend Yield1.41%1.22%4.59%3.63%
P/E Ratio24.1919.0925.7432.68
Price / Sales2.421.011,182.7488.90
Price / Cash13.5110.6627.4918.06
Price / Book5.501.974.894.70
Net Income$7.10B$959.03M$790.14M$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.39%1.82%0.16%0.89%
1 Month Performance-1.56%-3.81%2.05%0.32%
1 Year Performance13.20%1.59%27.67%10.81%

Deere & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DE
Deere & Company
4.6563 of 5 stars
$462.67
+0.9%
$517.35
+11.8%
+12.2%$125.07B$51.72B24.1975,800Analyst Upgrade
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.3251 of 5 stars
$238.91
+0.9%
$239.33
+0.2%
+15.7%$13.18B$4.10B26.8412,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
AGCO
AGCO
4.5167 of 5 stars
$107.20
+0.0%
$116.38
+8.6%
+5.9%$8.00B$11.66B80.0424,000Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7423 of 5 stars
$247.17
-2.3%
$285.00
+15.3%
+6.8%$9.34B$4.56B24.456,800Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
4.7962 of 5 stars
$184.42
+0.8%
$234.00
+26.9%
+1.5%$2.23B$1.60B18.783,750
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.8011 of 5 stars
$68.95
+0.2%
$77.43
+12.3%
-11.4%$9.66B$3.82B19.2112,700Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Upgrade
CAT
Caterpillar
4.3991 of 5 stars
$531.32
+0.7%
$506.60
-4.7%
+33.9%$249.08B$63.14B27.04112,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.3101 of 5 stars
$76.91
-0.4%
$98.00
+27.4%
-23.2%$30.54B$7.36B60.0321,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TWI
Titan International
3.0523 of 5 stars
$7.57
+1.0%
$11.33
+49.8%
+5.5%$483.72M$1.85B-24.428,303
XYL
Xylem
4.6623 of 5 stars
$146.04
-0.4%
$154.67
+5.9%
+8.7%$35.54B$8.73B37.9323,000Positive News
CMI
Cummins
4.4671 of 5 stars
$421.36
+1.1%
$407.43
-3.3%
+22.8%$58.08B$34.10B19.8269,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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