AGCO vs Deere
AGCO and DE side by side, both in industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AGCO and DE compare
Deere is the larger company, worth 23 times as much as AGCO ($182B against $7.8B).
On earnings, AGCO is cheaper: it trades at 15.4× trailing earnings, against 37.5× for Deere.
Deere grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.0% versus 1.7% for AGCO).
Deere keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.2% compared with 5.2% at AGCO.
Both pay dividends: AGCO yields 1.1% and Deere 0.96%.
AGCO scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Deere), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AGCO | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $7.8B | $182B |
| Share price | $110.91 | $675.48 |
| Change, 1 year | 2.4% | 42.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −11.2% | 90.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.93 | 0.80 |
| Employees | 22K | 73K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.4× (better) | 37.5× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 6.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4× | 16.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 23.5× (better) | 30.2× |
| FCF yield | 4.3% (better) | 3.3% |
| Fair value | $112.89 | $454.94 |
| Margin of safety | 1.8% (better) | −48.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.7% | 8.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.0% | 5.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 436% (better) | −6.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 439% (better) | −5.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.5% | 16.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 25.3% | – |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | – |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 10.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.2% | 12.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 12.9% | 18.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 7.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | 0.61 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.57 | 0.70 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.32 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.47 | 2.63 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.1% (better) | 0.96% |
| Payout ratio | 16.0% | 36.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 13.0% | 15.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.38% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.1% | 1.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.0% | 75.4% |
| Held by insiders | 18.3% | 0.16% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$110M | −$55.9M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 2.1% |
Go deeper
- AGCO stock overview
- AGCO income statement
- AGCO valuation and score
- DE stock overview
- DE income statement
- DE valuation and score
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