Company Dossier · Industrials
Deere & Co.
- S&P 500
- S&P 100
- Russell 1000
What Deere & Co. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $48.0 billion, up 8.0% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $6.02 billion, down 15% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to August 2, 2026: $1.22 billion, down 16% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to November 2, 2025: $1.14 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to November 2, 2025: $13.2 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 20, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 1 outlook figure raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed December 18, 2025): 0 risk factors added, 3 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $23.4 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 2,667 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+63 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 67 (79 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Jan 13, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Deere & Co. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending15th pct
- Debt raised36th pct
- Buybacks vs capex85th pct
- Hiring filings67th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications70th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment41st pct
- Call confidence35th pct
- Guidance changes53rd pct
- Risk factors added79th pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Risk factors added
- − Call confidence
- − Call sentiment
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver52nd pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Deere & Co.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$17.1B
- Due within a year $17.1B
- Longer term $0.0B
- Default point $17.1B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Aug 2, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$0.3B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | $300M | 4.850% | 2031 (5y) | +55bp | 4.864% |
| Oct 2, 2025 | $500M | 4.150% | 2030 (5y) | +50bp | 4.168% |
| Jan 13, 2025 | $1.25B | 5.450% | 2035 (10y) | +68bp | 5.478% |
| Jan 13, 2025 | $750M | 5.700% | 2055 (30y) | +75bp | 5.741% |
From the pricing term sheets Deere & Co. filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Deere & Co., with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralA hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents
The Verge · Oct 19, 2026
- NeutralJohn Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers
The Verge · Sep 1, 2026
- NeutralUAW and Deere are set to clash amid AI sales boom
Axios Business · Aug 24, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THEGROUP DC, LLC)third_quarter 2026
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DEERE & COMPANY)third_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Aug 31, 2026Trademark
- Jul 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (DEERE & COMPANY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THEGROUP DC, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER US LLP (FKA HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP))second_quarter 2026
- Jun 1, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 26, 2026Trademark
- May 12, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC)second_quarter 2026
- May 1, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 2, 2026Trademark
- Mar 16, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 27, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jan 22, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 13, 2026Risk event
- Dec 18, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 3 removed
- Dec 4, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 4, 2025Trademark
- Sep 11, 2025Trademark
- Sep 2, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 28, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Jan 2, 2025Risk event
- Dec 12, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)4 risk factors added, 6 removed
- Nov 1, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 15, 202310-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
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