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Signal Ledger valuation · DE

Deere & Co

What the shares are worth today on our research (management’s own targets for each business): every line valued at the end of FY2030, net debt rolled forward, then discounted back to Aug 2, 2026.

Signal Ledger valuation$585.71−9% vs $643.62
Business value at FY2030
$191B
FY2030 revenue
$69B
FY2030 EPS · P/E
$38.95 · 20×
Discount rate (WACC · equity)
8.16% · 8.40%

Researched Oct 23, 2026 from SEC filing 0001104659-26-102213 · price $643.62 at research time · Valuation methodology

What each business is worth

BusinessModelFY2030 revenueValue todayPer share2030 multipleValue from beyond FY2030
Production & Precision AgricultureMargin$28B$71B$262.3015.3× EBIT69%
Small Agriculture & TurfMargin$16B$38B$139.7813.5× EBIT67%
Construction & ForestryMargin$18B$41B$151.4713.3× EBIT68%
Financial ServicesReturn on equity (residual income)—$11B$42.431.6× P/B24%
Company costsHead-office costs no segment carries, valued as one negative businessCost line—$0B$0.00—0%
All businesses$69B$161B$595.98

From 2030 back to today

  1. Enterprise value at end of FY2030$191B
  2. Plus net cash at FY2030$20B
  3. Equity value at FY2030$210B
  4. ÷ (1 + 8.40%)^4.2 years at the cost of equity$149B
  5. + dividends paid on the way, discounted$6.3B

This reconciliation checks the published Signal Ledger valuation against the net-debt path. The difference is 1.5%, inside our 5% tolerance.

From businesses to one share

  1. All businesses, valued today$161B
  2. − borrowings$9.3B
  3. − finance leases$0B
  4. − preferred and minority claims$0.1B
  5. + cash and short-term investments$6.6B
  6. ÷ diluted shares0.270B
  7. Signal Ledger valuation$585.71

The financing arm is valued on its own equity, so the borrowings that fund its loans and leases sit inside that value; only the operating businesses' borrowings are deducted here.

Year by year to FY2030

Fiscal yearRevenueEBITDACapexFree cash flowNet debt at year end
FY2026$48B$7.2B$1.4B$4B$2.2B
FY2027$52B$8.8B$1.6B$5B$0.9B cash
FY2028$57B$11B$1.8B$6.2B$5.5B cash
FY2029$62B$13B$2B$7.6B$12B cash
FY2030$69B$15B$2.2B$9.3B$20B cash

What must be true

  • Production & Precision Agriculture grows revenue from $15.6B in FY2026 to $27.9B in FY2030 (1.8×).
  • Small Agriculture & Turf grows revenue from $11.8B in FY2026 to $16.5B in FY2030 (1.4×).
  • Construction & Forestry grows revenue from $13.7B in FY2026 to $18.3B in FY2030 (1.3×).
  • Financial Services revenue shrinks from $6.1B in FY2026 to $5.5B in FY2030 (-9.8%).
  • Production & Precision Agriculture raises its EBIT margin from 15.4% to 20.0%.
  • Small Agriculture & Turf raises its EBIT margin from 11.8% to 20.0%.
  • Construction & Forestry raises its EBIT margin from 9.0% to 20.0%.
  • The company spends $9.0B of capital expenditure through FY2030.
  • Net debt peaks at $2.8B in FY2025 and stays financeable.
  • Financial Services keeps earning 12.5% on its equity, against a 8.40% cost of equity.

What the price implies

To reach $643.62 at our discount rate, Deere & Co would need about $69.6B of FY2030 sales (growth of about 14.1% a year from FY2026) with 20.0% GAAP EBIT margin — versus $62.7B and 20.0% GAAP EBIT margin in our research.

Sales and margins here cover operating lines only; financial lines stay fixed. These sales figures are not total company revenue.

At the research price of $643.62 (2026-10-23), the price asks more than our assumptions overall. These are operating requirements at that price, not additional valuations or forecasts.

If sales and margins changed together

Each row matches the same research price at our unchanged discount rate, by scaling every operating line's margin by one common factor. Sales cover margin and capacity lines only; other valuation lines stay fixed. Margins are revenue-weighted within each metric, before separately modeled corporate costs and eliminations. The conclusion uses the row at our research margins when sales alone can match the price, otherwise the solved row needing the least sales growth; this is a trade-off between growth and profitability, not a forecast.

FY2030 sales factorFY2030 salesFY2026–30 CAGRRequired FY2030 marginRequirement
1.11×At research margins$69.6B14.1%
20.0% GAAP EBIT
Within margin guardrails
1.50×$94B23.1%
15.3% GAAP EBIT
Within margin guardrails
2.00×$125.4B32.2%
11.9% GAAP EBIT
Within margin guardrails
3.00×$188B46.3%
8.5% GAAP EBIT
Within margin guardrails

CAGR uses $41B of same-scope FY2026 sales from the published model or its sourced research base, over four fiscal years. “Within margin guardrails” checks numeric limits only, not commercial plausibility. Each line and year must stay at or below 50.0% GAAP EBIT and 100% EBITDA, or our research margin where that is higher; capacity EBIT uses the engine's equipment depreciation. Unsolved margins are not extrapolated.

Implied discount rate
7.6%

The WACC that makes model value equal the price, shifting WACC and cost of equity by the same amount. Model: 8.2% WACC · 8.4% cost of equity.

All-business FY2030 sales factor
1.11×

FY2030 revenue would need to reach $69.6B (model: $62.7B) across the margin and capacity businesses. FY1 stays fixed; the sales change ramps to FY2030 and stays at that factor thereafter.

If only one business changed

Businesses with margin or capacity revenue paths, ordered by value today. Revenue and margin are separate alternatives; these requirements are not added together.

Production & Precision Agriculture

Revenue alone
FY2030 revenue would need to reach $34.1B (model: $27.9B).
Margin alone

FY2030 EBIT margin would need to reach 24.1% (model: 20.0%).

Construction & Forestry

Revenue alone
FY2030 revenue would need to reach $25.4B (model: $18.3B).
Margin alone

FY2030 EBIT margin would need to reach 27.1% (model: 20.0%).

Small Agriculture & Turf

Revenue alone
FY2030 revenue would need to reach $23.3B (model: $16.5B).
Margin alone

FY2030 EBIT margin would need to reach 27.7% (model: 20.0%).

Mechanical requirements, not forecasts. The separate sales-only and single-business factors are searched from 0.1× to 6×; an unsolved comparison means this business alone cannot get there within those bounds. Single-business revenue changes apply from FY2 onward; margin changes scale the full EBIT or EBITDA margin path. Mixed groups show revenue-weighted EBIT and EBITDA margins separately. Requirements above 100% are not feasible margins. Joint rows instead search non-negative uniform margin factors only up to the EBIT/EBITDA guardrails; the entire margin path scales, including post-FY2030 convergence. Sales and margins change together only in that table. The rate search runs from the largest terminal growth rate plus 0.5 percentage points to 30% WACC.

The discount rate

Cost of equity
8.40%

r_f 3.87% (5-year average 10-year Treasury yield 3.87% (spot 5.13% on 2026-10-21)) + β 0.91 after Blume adjustment × 5%, rounded to 0.01% (1bp)

WACC
8.16%

methodology §4.5: market-weighted WACC, not rounded

10-year Treasury · model / spot
3.87% · 5.13%

The model uses the recorded 5-year average Treasury yield. The spot yield is shown for context.

Every input, with its source

Show 68 inputs · reported, guidance and rule-based
InputValueBasisWhy
Revenue FY2026Production & Precision Agriculture$15.6BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth -10.0% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Revenue FY2030Production & Precision Agriculture$27.9BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 15.7% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
EBIT margin FY2030Production & Precision Agriculture20.0%Guidancelinear path to 20.0% by FY2030 (management target) s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Maintenance capexProduction & Precision Agriculture3.5%RuleCapital spending allocation, at least PPE depreciation; explicit reinvestment assumption. sec.gov ↗
Terminal growthProduction & Precision Agriculture2.0%Rulemethodology §4.2 terminal growth for a mature line Valuation methodology §4.2 · Read methodology ↗
Revenue FY2026Small Agriculture & Turf$11.8BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 15.0% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Revenue FY2030Small Agriculture & Turf$16.5BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 8.8% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
EBIT margin FY2030Small Agriculture & Turf20.0%Guidancelinear path to 20.0% by FY2030 (management target) s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Maintenance capexSmall Agriculture & Turf3.5%RuleCapital spending allocation, at least PPE depreciation; explicit reinvestment assumption. sec.gov ↗
Terminal growthSmall Agriculture & Turf2.0%Rulemethodology §4.2 terminal growth for a mature line Valuation methodology §4.2 · Read methodology ↗
Revenue FY2026Construction & Forestry$13.7BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 20.0% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Revenue FY2030Construction & Forestry$18.3BGuidancetarget (methodology §4.2), growth 7.6% s22.q4cdn.com ↗
EBIT margin FY2030Construction & Forestry20.0%Guidancelinear path to 20.0% by FY2030 (management target) s22.q4cdn.com ↗
Maintenance capexConstruction & Forestry3.5%RuleCapital spending allocation, at least PPE depreciation; explicit reinvestment assumption. sec.gov ↗
Terminal growthConstruction & Forestry2.0%Rulemethodology §4.2 terminal growth for a mature line Valuation methodology §4.2 · Read methodology ↗
Common equityFinancial Services$7.0BReportedAugust 2 2026 supplementary Financial Services equity $6.953B, not consolidated equity $27.990B. sec.gov ↗
Return on equity FY2026Financial Services12.5%RuleFY2026 finance net-income guidance.870B/current equity 6.953B=12.5126% annualized remaining-period proxy. Nine-month 653M already in equity, not added again. sec.gov ↗
Return on equity FY2030Financial Services12.5%Rulelatest return held without a management target (methodology §4.6) sec.gov ↗
Payout ratioFinancial Services83.7%RuleActualFY2025 subsidiary dividends 1.368B/net income.890B=153.71%; FY2026YTD.794/.653=121.59%. Those past draws already affect T0 equity. No promised future draw: assume sustainable 1-2%/12.2564%=83.6814%, retaining 2% equity growth; future over-100% requires a new sourced excess-capital budget. sec.gov ↗
Allocated group debt (2026-08-02)Financial Services$54.5BReportedFinancial Services external short 16.698+securitization 6.094+long 31.719=54.511B. Payable 5.364B to equipment is internal, not group debt. Group 17.115+6.095+40.626=63.836B leaves 9.325B equipment debt. sec.gov ↗
Allocated finance leasesFinancial Services$0.0BReportedDisclosed financing funding allocation includes finance leases, if any; do not deduct a second lease liability. sec.gov ↗
Allocated group cashFinancial Services$2.3BReportedAugust cash: finance 2.321+equipment 6.607=group 8.928B. sec.gov ↗
Terminal growthFinancial Services2.0%Rulemethodology §4.2 terminal growth for a mature line Valuation methodology §4.2 · Read methodology ↗
WACCDiscount rates8.16%Rulemethodology §4.5: market-weighted WACC, not rounded FRED DGS10 2021-10-20..2026-10-21
Cost of equityDiscount rates8.40%Ruler_f 3.87% (5-year average 10-year Treasury yield 3.87% (spot 5.13% on 2026-10-21)) + β 0.91 after Blume adjustment × 5%, rounded to 0.01% (1bp) 60 monthly returns vs SPY, 2021-09..2026-09 (adjusted closes)
Tax rateDiscount rates27.0%RuleNormalized effective tax assumption from reported/guided rate; see notes. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2026Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2026: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2027Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2027: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2028Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2028: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2029Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2029: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2030Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2030: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2031Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2031: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2032Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2032: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2033Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2033: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Revenue eliminated FY2034Consolidation$0.9BRuleFY2034: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2026Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2026: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2027Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2027: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2028Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2028: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2029Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2029: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2030Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2030: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2031Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2031: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2032Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2032: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2033Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2033: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Profit eliminated FY2034Consolidation$0.0BRuleFY2034: FY2025 internal revenue.541B finance/interest+.323B other=.864B. Expense-side eliminations equal.864B, so NET pretax profit elimination 0. Lease margin cannot be removed without counterpart depreciation/cost reversal. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2026Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2026: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2027Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2027: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2028Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2028: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2029Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2029: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2030Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2030: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2031Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2031: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2032Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2032: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2033Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2033: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
Corporate revenue display FY2034Consolidation$1.3BRuleFY2034: Reported corporate revenue held flat, display only: its profit is already in net corporate costs. sec.gov ↗
fiscalYearHistorical accounting reconciliationFY2025ReportedFull fiscal year ended in 2025; same-period accounting reconciliation. sec.gov ↗
grossRevenueBHistorical accounting reconciliation$46.5BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
revenueEliminationsBHistorical accounting reconciliation$0.9BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
consolidatedRevenueBHistorical accounting reconciliation$45.7BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
segmentProfitBHistorical accounting reconciliation$6.0BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
profitEliminationsBHistorical accounting reconciliation$0.0BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
corporateCostsBHistorical accounting reconciliation−$0.6BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
operatingInterestBHistorical accounting reconciliation$0.4BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
consolidatedPretaxBHistorical accounting reconciliation$6.3BReportedGross equipment 40.259+finance 6.289=46.548-.864 internal=45.684. Segment operating profits 4.906+finance 1.114=6.020. GAAP pretax 6.257 reconciles with equipment external interest.372 and corporate/other CREDIT.609; historical credit is not forecast recurring income. sec.gov ↗
Cash and short-term investmentsBalance sheet$8.9BReportedcash, cash equivalents and short-term investments us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue · 0001104659-26-102213 (filed 2026-08-27)
BorrowingsBalance sheet$63.8BReportedborrowings plus separately reported secured / securitization borrowings us-gaap:DebtCurrent · 0001104659-26-102213 + de:LongTermDebtAndFinanceLeasesNoncurrent · 0001104659-26-102213 · + us-gaap:SecuredDebt (separate line on consolidated balance sheet) · 0001104659-26-102213
Finance leasesBalance sheet$0.0BReportedfinance leases not separately tagged; retained inside combined debt, with no additional lease deduction balance sheet 2026-08-02
Minority interestsBalance sheet$51MReportednoncontrolling interests at book value, including separately reported redeemable noncontrolling equity (not preferred stock) us-gaap:MinorityInterest · 0001104659-26-102213 + us-gaap:RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount · 0001104659-26-102213
SharesBalance sheet0.270BReportedshares outstanding as of 2026-08-02 cover page of 10-Q 0001104659-26-102213
Dividends per yearShareholders$1.7BReportedLast four paid quarterly dividends; no future increase or buyback assumption. × 0.270B shares sec.gov ↗

Research notes

  • share-count comparison: 0.2707B quarter 2026-05-04..2026-08-02 · 0001104659-26-102213; point-in-time denominator retained
  • cost of equity 8.40% (β 0.91 after Blume adjustment), WACC 8.2%
  • Financial Services: residual income on $7.0B of common equity, earnings = ROE × equity, payout 84% (methodology §3.7)

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