Deere & Company (DE) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) in the last few weeks:

• 12/29/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/22/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/19/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $480.00 to $460.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 12/15/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/9/2025 – Deere & Company had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at BMO Capital Markets. They now have a $460.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/9/2025 – Deere & Company had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $560.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/9/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $440.00 to $475.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 12/9/2025 – Deere & Company had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein.
• 12/8/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/3/2025 – Deere & Company was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 12/2/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target lowered by analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets from $530.00 to $520.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/1/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/1/2025 – Deere & Company had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
• 12/1/2025 – Deere & Company had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DA Davidson. They now have a $580.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Evercore ISI.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Corporation from $609.00 to $612.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $542.00 to $541.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $487.00 to $458.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 11/28/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target raised by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. from $512.00 to $531.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 11/25/2025 – Deere & Company had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 11/24/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/17/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/17/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $491.00 to $487.00.
• 11/16/2025 – Deere & Company was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/13/2025 – Deere & Company is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $543.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/13/2025 – Deere & Company is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $543.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/13/2025 – Deere & Company had its price target raised by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein from $487.00 to $521.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 11/11/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/8/2025 – Deere & Company was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 11/5/2025 – Deere & Company had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

Deere & Company Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be issued a dividend of $1.62 per share. This represents a $6.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 31st. Deere & Company’s payout ratio is presently 35.01%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO John C. May II sold 11,106 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $500.08, for a total transaction of $5,553,888.48. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 112,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $56,235,496.24. The trade was a 8.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.29% of the company’s stock.

Deere & Company, commonly known by its brand John Deere, is a global manufacturer of agricultural, construction and forestry machinery, as well as turf care equipment and power systems. Founded in 1837 by blacksmith John Deere—who developed a polished steel plow to improve tillage in tough prairie soils—the company is headquartered in Moline, Illinois, and has grown into one of the largest and most recognizable names in equipment manufacturing worldwide.

The company’s principal businesses include a broad portfolio of agricultural equipment such as tractors, combines, planters, sprayers, harvesters and tillage implements, complemented by precision agriculture technologies and telematics that support farm management, yield optimization and equipment connectivity.