Deere & Co (DE) Stock Down -0.81%: Is It a Good Investment?

Deere & Co [DE] stock is trading at $479.72, down -0.81%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The DE shares have gain 0.57% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.25%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Deere & Co [NYSE: DE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 03, 2025, when Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $501 for it. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on December 06, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $510. On November 22, 2024, Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating and revised its price target to $477 on the stock. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to a Hold. BMO Capital Markets initiated its recommendation with a Market Perform and recommended $400 as its price target on August 09, 2024. Truist reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on July 02, 2024, and downed its price target to $439. In a note dated June 28, 2024, Raymond James initiated an Outperform rating and provided a target price of $420 on this stock.

Deere & Co [DE] stock has fluctuated between $340.20 and $515.05 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $546.5 within the next 12 months. Deere & Co [NYSE: DE] shares were valued at $479.72 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.92% based on the average DE price forecast.

Analyzing the DE fundamentals

Deere & Co [NYSE:DE] reported sales of 48.05B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -30.09%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.27 and Total Capital is 0.15. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.88.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 475.49 points at the first support level, and at 471.27 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 487.26, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 494.81.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Deere & Co’s Current Ratio is 0.71. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.48, while the Cash Ratio is 0.19. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.71, the price to book ratio is 5.79 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.26.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Kalathur Rajesh, President, JD Financial & CIO, that happened on Feb 18 ’25 when 24580.0 shares were sold. Officer, Kalathur Rajesh completed a deal on Feb 18 ’25 to buy 24580.0 shares. Meanwhile, Pres Ag & Turf, Prod & Prec Ag Reed Cory J sold 13370.0 shares on Jun 24 ’24.

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