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Deere & Company Q3 2026 Earnings Analysis

Deere & Company Q3 2026 Earnings Analysis

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ALEX: Welcome to Beta Finch, your AI-powered earnings breakdown, where we take the numbers and the noise from corporate earnings calls and turn them into something you can actually digest. I'm Alex.

JORDAN: And I'm Jordan. Today we're digging into Deere & Company's third quarter fiscal 2026 results — big green tractors, big infrastructure equipment, and a business that's basically riding two different economic cycles at once.

ALEX: Before we get into it — this podcast is AI-generated content for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing we discuss should be considered investment advice. Always do your own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

JORDAN: Good, let's get into the numbers. Alex, what jumped out at you?

ALEX: The headline is Deere beat expectations pretty handily. Net sales and revenue up 5% to $12.6 billion, equipment operations sales up 6% to $11 billion, net income of $1.38 billion, or $5.10 a share. And that 14.4% operating margin for equipment operations is genuinely strong given how choppy the ag market is right now.

JORDAN: Right, and that's really the story of this quarter — a tale of two businesses. Production & Precision Ag, their big-tractor and combine segment, was actually down 6% year-over-year to $4 billion, with margins around 13.2%. That's the segment feeling the ag downturn most directly.

ALEX: But then you flip to Small Ag & Turf — up 12% to $3.4 billion with an 18.4% margin — and Construction & Forestry, up 18% to $3.6 billion with a 12.1% margin. Those two segments are basically carrying the company through the ag trough.

JORDAN: That diversification point came up again and again on the call. Management kept saying it — while big ag equipment is struggling, construction and the smaller ag/turf business are picking up the slack. It's a nice illustration of why a diversified portfolio actually matters in a cyclical industry.

ALEX: Let's talk guidance, because they actually raised the full-year outlook despite trimming some segment numbers. Full-year net income guidance moved up to $4.75 to $5 billion, and operating cash flow guidance improved to $5 to $5.5 billion.

JORDAN: But within that, Production & Precision Ag guidance came down — now expecting sales down about 10% for the year, with margin guidance narrowed to 11-12%. That's mostly South America and Europe softness. South America specifically is now guided down 15-20% for the year, driven by high interest rates and elevated fertilizer costs squeezing farmer economics.

ALEX: Meanwhile Small Ag & Turf guidance actually went up — margin guide raised to 14.5-15.5% — and Construction & Forestry held its roughly 20% sales growth guide with margins tightened to 10.5-11.5%. Construction is genuinely firing on all cylinders right now: data centers, infrastructure, road building.

JORDAN: One thing worth flagging for listeners — tariffs were a huge theme on this call. Deere now expects about $1.1 billion in direct tariff expense for the year, offset partially by $382 million in IEPA refunds recognized so far. CFO Brent Norwood said net tariff exposure this year is around $750 million, but he flagged that it'll actually step up to roughly $1 billion next year as the refund benefit doesn't repeat.

ALEX: That's an important nuance — investors hear "tariff relief" and assume it's all good news, but the mechanics here mean next year could actually be a modest headwind, not a tailwind.

JORDAN: The other big storyline was the model year 2027 early order programs — these are essentially pre-orders dealers and farmers lock in ahead of the season. Deanna Kovar, who runs the ag and turf business, said combined planter and sprayer orders are running up mid-single digits versus last year.

ALEX: And that's a meaningful signal because management explicitly said they view 20

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