Report
Keith Schoonmaker
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Global Ag Equipment Demand Remains Robust as Deere Integrates Wirtgen; Maintaining Our FVE

Deere grew equipment sales a strong 36% from the prior-year period, including acquisitions, and reached record fiscal third-quarter earnings per share of $2.78. Excluding U.S. tax reform effects, EPS was $2.59, a miss versus the consensus $2.75 estimate. Parsing out the equipment top-line expansion, Deere doubled sales in construction and forestry (including Wirtgen results) and increased agriculture and turf by 18% year over year. Clearly core demand is strong, but the market has not failed to ...
Underlying
Deere & Company

Deere & Co. operates the following segments: Agriculture and Turf, which manufactures and distributes a line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts, including utility tractors, tractor loaders, combines, cotton pickers, cotton strippers, and sugarcane harvesters; Construction and Forestry, which manufactures and distributes a range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, road building, material handling and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders and crawler dozers and loaders; and Financial Services, which finances sales and leases by the company's dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

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Analysts
Keith Schoonmaker

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