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NYSE:DE

Deere & Company - DE Competitors

$404.83
+4.04 (+1.01%)
(As of 03/30/2023 10:45 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$401.98
$406.50
50-Day Range
$385.50
$433.31
52-Week Range
$283.81
$448.40
Volume
386,395 shs
Average Volume
1.50 million shs
Market Capitalization
$119.96 billion
P/E Ratio
15.02
Dividend Yield
1.19%
Price Target
$460.81

DE vs. CAT, ITW, ETN, ABB, EMR, CTAS, PH, JCI, GWW, and ROK

Should you be buying Deere & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deere & Company include Caterpillar (CAT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Eaton (ETN), ABB (ABB), Emerson Electric (EMR), Cintas (CTAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Johnson Controls International (JCI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), and Rockwell Automation (ROK). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Deere & Company vs.

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

Deere & Company has a net margin of 14.71% compared to Caterpillar's net margin of 11.28%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 45.61% beat Deere & Company's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Deere & Company 14.71% 41.17% 9.29%
Caterpillar 11.28% 45.61% 9.00%

In the previous week, Deere & Company had 21 more articles in the media than Caterpillar. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Deere & Company and 11 mentions for Caterpillar. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Caterpillar's score of 0.25 indicating that Deere & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Deere & Company has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caterpillar has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Deere & Company$52.58 billion2.28$7.13 billion$26.9615.02
Caterpillar$59.43 billion1.96$6.71 billion$12.6517.81

Caterpillar received 18 more outperform votes than Deere & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.63% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote while only 62.77% of users gave Caterpillar an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Deere & CompanyOutperform Votes
1132
66.63%
Underperform Votes
567
33.37%
CaterpillarOutperform Votes
1150
62.77%
Underperform Votes
682
37.23%

Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Deere & Company pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caterpillar pays out 37.9% 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.

75.7% of Deere & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Caterpillar shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Deere & Company presently has a consensus target price of $459.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Caterpillar has a consensus target price of $238.35, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Deere & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Caterpillar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Deere & Company
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Caterpillar
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Deere & Company beats Caterpillar on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DE vs. The Competition

MetricDeere & CompanyFarm machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$119.96B$26.77B$7.27B$14.51B
Dividend Yield1.22%0.85%2.05%3.88%
P/E Ratio15.0234.4415.4319.36
Price / Sales2.281.404.1511.69
Price / Cash13.1412.7568.2924.48
Price / Book5.623.203.456.81
Net Income$7.13B$1.64B$366.46M$866.28M
7 Day Performance3.31%3.31%2.59%3.78%
1 Month Performance-3.44%-2.90%-5.17%-4.51%
1 Year Performance-2.58%-11.41%-6.32%-13.20%

Deere & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAT
Caterpillar
2.315 of 5 stars
$223.00
+1.3%
$238.35
+6.9%
+0.9%$115.15B$59.43B17.63109,100Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
2.0272 of 5 stars
$239.44
+2.3%
$223.07
-6.8%
+9.5%$73.05B$15.93B24.4846,000Short Interest ↑
ETN
Eaton
2.3294 of 5 stars
$167.63
+1.2%
$173.00
+3.2%
+6.4%$66.80B$20.75B27.2692,000
ABB
ABB
1.5676 of 5 stars
$32.80
+1.4%
$29.54
-9.9%
-3.4%$64.44B$29.45B25.23105,100Short Interest ↑
EMR
Emerson Electric
2.8387 of 5 stars
$84.94
+1.5%
$98.64
+16.1%
-14.3%$48.53B$19.63B10.7885,500
CTAS
Cintas
2.4322 of 5 stars
$465.15
+4.9%
$479.00
+3.0%
+7.8%$47.27B$7.85B37.8543,000Earnings Report
Analyst Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PH
Parker-Hannifin
2.2083 of 5 stars
$334.17
+2.0%
$363.25
+8.7%
+12.2%$42.86B$15.86B34.5255,090
JCI
Johnson Controls International
2.8296 of 5 stars
$59.56
+1.1%
$70.36
+18.1%
-11.3%$36.82B$25.30B32.37102,000Short Interest ↓
GWW
W.W. Grainger
2.6137 of 5 stars
$675.04
-0.1%
$688.88
+2.0%
+30.1%$33.93B$15.23B22.4526,000Positive News
ROK
Rockwell Automation
2.47 of 5 stars
$284.54
+2.1%
$263.24
-7.5%
-0.1%$32.66B$7.76B30.8326,000
This page (NYSE:DE) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff