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How DE Has Traded Around Earnings

Deere & Company (DE) carries a spotless recent earnings record: over the last 8 reported quarters, DE has beaten consensus EPS estimates 8 out of 8 times, a 100% beat rate, with an average earnings surprise of 11.5%. That historical baseline matters because it tells traders that “meeting” the number has rarely happened; DE has delivered more profit than analysts modeled in every single one of those releases.

Yet the price reaction has not followed the same one-way pattern. Across those same 8 quarters, the average 5-day price move in the 5 trading days after earnings was just 0.02%, classified as flat. The most recent four reports illustrate that clearly. On May 21, 2026, DE reported actual EPS of $6.55 against an estimate of $5.70, a 14.9% surprise, but the stock fell 0.41% the next day and gained only 2.04% over the next 5 days. On February 19, 2026, actual EPS of $2.42 beat the $2.02 estimate by 19.8%; the next-day move was +0.07%, but the following 5 days produced a -6.43% decline. Earlier, on November 26, 2025, a 2.3% beat ($3.93 vs. $3.84) accompanied a -1.14% next-day drop and a +2.8% 5-day run. And on August 14, 2025, a 3.9% beat ($4.75 vs. $4.57) produced a 2.08% next-day rally and a 1.65% 5-day gain. In short, a beat has been highly consistent, but the post-report drift has not trended in a single reliable direction.

Options-Flow Dynamics Around the August 20, 2026 Report

DE’s next scheduled earnings release is August 20, 2026, before the market open, with a consensus EPS estimate of $4.71. Around that date, options markets will price the market’s real expectation for the earnings move into the nearest-expiration at-the-money straddle. That straddle premium reflects the expected magnitude of the reaction, not its direction. Against the 100% beat rate and 11.5% average historical surprise, the consensus $4.71 estimate becomes a reference point: a report above it is consistent with the recent pattern, while a miss would be a clear departure.

Current snapshot data shows DE at $609.69, with an RSI of 52.4 and the 50-day EMA at $596.89. Because DE’s post-earnings 5-day drift has averaged just 0.02%, options flow that leans heavily directional may be fighting the recent historical tendency. Traders typically watch for increasing call or put open interest, rising implied volatility into the event, and then implied-volatility contraction after the report. The August expiration may carry the largest implied-move premium, making the relationship between that premium and the stock’s actual one-day reaction a key variable.

What a Disciplined Trader Watches

A disciplined approach starts by comparing the options-implied earnings move to DE’s actual next-day reactions, which have varied from -1.14% to +2.08% across the last four reports. If the implied move is materially larger than that realized next-day range, the setup may favor volatility sellers if the report lands close to consensus; if it is smaller, a larger-than-expected beat or miss could swing the stock more than the market priced in. Traders also track the post-earnings drift: with the 8-quarter average 5-day move at 0.02%, holding a directional position through the full week has historically added little.

Technically, $596.89 is the current 50-day EMA and $609.69 is the latest price, so the stock sits just above that moving-average reference heading into the report. Agriculture-machinery sector sentiment, order dynamics, and guidance tone can all influence whether traders chase or fade the initial reaction. For the complete institutional verdict on DE heading into earnings—a synthesis of analyst model updates, estimate revisions, and post-report positioning—readers should review the full institutional verdict page for a deeper dive.