Deere & Co.: Thesis Unchanged Despite Choppy Markets

Research evidence excerpt

Deere & Co.: Thesis Unchanged Despite Choppy Markets

g Power: Positive

Technology Diffusion: Positive

Source: Refinitiv, Morgan Stanley Research, Morgan Stanley Institutional Equities Division. The probabilities of our Bull,

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Base, and Bear case scenarios playing out were estimated with implied volatility data from the options market as of 21

May 2026. All figures are approximate risk-neutral probabilities of the stock reaching beyond the scenario price in either

three-months’ or one-years’ time. View explanation of Options Probabilities methodology here

BULL CASE $900.00 BASE CASE $730.00 BEAR CASE $425.00

~20x Bull Case EPS of $55 discounted back ~20x ~$45 mid-cycle EPS discounted back ~25x Bear Case EPS of $17

today to today

Large Ag sees a more typical downcycle

Ag and construction equipment markets see Ag equipment cycle remains challenged pushing sales of PP&A and SA&T segments

a sharp V-shaped recovery over the next through FY26, and construction equipment lower. Similarly, US construction spending

twelve months as macro conditions improve end-markets similarly remain under pressure disappoints, pushing C&F sales to only grow

and trade/geopolitical risks ease. Earnings near-term. However, the market continues ~LSD% yoy in FY2026. Accordingly, margins

exceeds its normalized earnings at ~$55. The to discount that earnings in FY26 are compress more driving earnings lower yoy in

valuation contracts to ~20x NTM P/E from approaching trough. As such, we assume FY2026. The multiple moves toward to

current elevated levels but remains above that the stock trades on ~20x P/E (NTM) on ~25x P/E (NTM), above its historical trading

the its historical mid-cycle multiple, an implied mid-cycle earnings, roughly in line range of 12x-24x