4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Deere
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, farm equipment maker Deere (NYS: DE) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Deere's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Deere facts
Headquarters (founded) | Moline, Ill. (1837) |
Market Cap | $30.8 billion |
Industry | Farm and construction machinery |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $33.8 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Samuel Allen |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 31.4% |
Cash/Debt | $2.7 billion / $29.8 billion |
Dividend Yield | 2.4% |
Competitors | Caterpillar |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 2,835 members who have rated Deere believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, AlpahBetaOmega, touched on the strong tailwind working in Deere's favor: "Global projection is for 9 billion humans on earth [by 2050]. Someone has to feed them, and [Deere] is the company that is likely to sell those farmers/agribusinesses the equipment necessary to grow all that food."
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