The Company Valuation Report










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Table of Contents:
Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
2007 Highlights 6
Business Model 7
Competitive Environment 7
Expected Future Profitability 8
Free Cash Flow to Equity 10
Payout Policies 11
Ratios and Explanations 11
Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt 15
Simple Valuation Models 16
Forecasting Assumptions 18
Final Valuation & Conclusion 23
Appendix A 24
Appendix B 25


Executive Summary
Our analysis of Deere & Company shows that this company is slightly undervalued at its close price of $72.13 on 06/30/2008. Increasing commodity prices and therefore cash flows to the agricultural community is helping to grow the agricultural equipment business of Deere & Co. This growth is occurring both locally in the United States and over the entire world. As populations increase the pressure on farms to produce more, more efficiently this is driving equipment sales and is expected to continue contributing to the......

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