Deere gains after robust fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results. However, it announces a downbeat FY25 guidance.
Deere & Co. DE shares inched higher in early trading on Friday, after the company reported upbeat fiscal fourth-quarter results.
The stock price of Deere (NYSE: DE) surged 8% on November 21, after the company reported upbeat fiscal Q4 results (fiscal ends in October). It reported equipment revenue of $9.3 billion and earnings of $4.55 per share, compared to the street estimates of $9.3 billion and $3.90, respectively.
Deere & Company is a compelling dividend growth stock with strong buybacks, yielding 1.5% and a five-year CAGR of 14.1%. Despite cyclical challenges, Deere's proactive inventory management, pricing power, and innovative technologies position it well for future growth. Potential demand tailwinds include easing monetary policy, improving agricultural fundamentals, and stabilization in used equipment markets.
DE's Q4 results reflect the impacts of lower shipment volumes across all segments due to weak demand.
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 21, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Josh Beal - Director, IR Josh Rohleder - Manager, Investor Communications John May - Chairman, President & CEO Cory Reed - President, President, Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division: Production and Precision Ag, Americas and Australia Josh Jepsen - SVP & CFO Conference Call Participants Kristen Owen - Oppenheimer Jerry Revich - Goldman Sachs Kyle Menges - Citigroup David Raso - Evercore ISI Angel Castillo - Morgan Stanley Rob Wertheimer - Melius Research Jamie Cook - Truist Securities Operator Good morning, and welcome to the Deere & Company Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Mr.
Deere is the undisputed market leader among tractor and farming equipment manufacturers. This year, the whole industry faced many challenges and was expected to report weak earnings. However, after a weak report, John Deere's shares are rising close to ATHs.
U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining by more than 400 points on Thursday.
Deere & Company (DE) reported fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results that topped estimates, even as the maker of farm equipment warned of "ongoing headwinds."
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Deere (DE) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended October 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Deere (DE) came out with quarterly earnings of $4.55 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.89 per share. This compares to earnings of $8.26 per share a year ago.
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE, ETR:DCO) stock was up 1.2% premarket after the tractor maker reported better quarterly earnings but delivered guidance that was not as much as had been forecast, due to ongoing investment in the business. The Illinois-based group posted results showing net income of $1.245 billion for its fiscal fourth quarter, down 47% from a year earlier.