On August 20, Deere rose 3.99% in regular trading, trading at $594.53/share, with turnover of $101 million. The rally was driven by the company's fiscal third-quarter results, which substantially exceeded Wall Street consensus on both the top and bottom lines.

Deere reported fiscal Q3 net sales of $12.61 billion, surpassing the FactSet consensus estimate of $10.81 billion by approximately 17%. Earnings per share came in at $5.10, beating the $4.70 estimate by roughly 8.5%. Net income for the quarter was $1.379 billion. Looking ahead, management guided full-year fiscal 2026 net income to a range of $4.75 billion to $5.0 billion. The results validated a pre-earnings call from Oppenheimer, which had anticipated a beat-and-raise quarter fueled by strength in the Small Ag & Turf and Construction & Forestry segments alongside improving North American farm fundamentals. Notably, the strong performance came despite a generally cautious investor sentiment heading into the print, with JPMorgan and other firms having recently lowered price targets citing persistent agricultural weakness.

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