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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Caterpillar beats Deere & Company on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DE) was last updated on 5/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff