Written by Ian Cowie
Published on September 2, 2026

John Deere (DE)

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NAME: JOHN DEERE (STOCK MARKET TICKER: DE)

BUSINESS: AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT

WHAT I PAID AND WHEN: $82 IN NOVEMBER, 2013

DIVIDEND YIELD: 1%

ANNUAL DIVIDEND GROWTH: 16%

PAYOUT RATIO: 37%

FOUNDED: 1836

Food will never go out of fashion and it is impossible to feed the world’s population of 8.3 billion people without efficient agricultural equipment, such as combine harvesters and tractors. That adds up to fundamental demand for the goods supplied by this company which will never go away.