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Deere & Company DE Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$13.4B+4.8%
Net income$1.8B-1.7%
EPS (diluted)$6.55-1.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$7.9B-1.1%
Total debt$58.2B-1.4%
Total equity$27.4B+12.8%
Total assets$107.00B+0.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.9B+13.7%
CapEx$195.0M-3.9%
Free cash flow$1.7B+16.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$159.06B+6.0%
Enterprise value$209.39B+4.0%
P/E33.3×+6.7×
P/S3.4×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin31.4%
Net margin10.1%-2.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.5%-5.6pp
Debt / equity2.1×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Deere & Company’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Deere & Company’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Deere & Company's return on invested capital?
Deere & Company (DE) reported return on invested capital of 9.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Deere & Company's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Deere & Company's return on invested capital decreased by 16.1% year-over-year, from 11% to 9.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Deere & Company's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Deere & Company's return on invested capital has grown at a -2.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 47.7% to 43.8%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.