Q4 2025 consolidated revenues $5.2B, up 6% YoY (prepared); Ag segment sales +5% YoY, with EMEA +33% and North America –10% (CEO); Construction sales +19% YoY (CEO)
Industrial adjusted EBIT $234M, +21% YoY, driven by positive pricing, higher production, cost savings, lower corporate expenses, partially offset by tariffs and geographic mix (CEO)
Adjusted net income $246M; adjusted EPS $0.19 (CEO)
Agriculture Q4 net sales ~$3.6B, +5% YoY; adjusted gross margin 20% (down from 20.6% YoY); adjusted EBIT margin 6.5% (down from 7.2% YoY) (CFO)
Construction Q4 net sales $853M, +19% YoY; gross margin 11.5% (down 340bps YoY); adjusted EBIT margin 0.6% (CFO)
Financial Services Q4 net income $109M, +18% YoY; retail originations $2.8B; managed portfolio $28.6B (CFO)
Industrial free cash flow Q4 $817M, essentially in line with Q4 2024 (CFO)
Agriculture dealer inventories down $200M in Q4, full-year reduction ~$800M (CEO)
Cost savings: $230M taken out of Agriculture segment in 2025; strategic sourcing delivered $34M, lean manufacturing $45M, quality cost savings >$150M (CEO)
Shareholder returns: Q4 repurchased $45M at avg $10.02; full-year returned $432M ($333M dividends, $100M buybacks) (CFO)
Net Promoter Score up 8 percentage points in 2025 vs 2024 (CEO)
Official Guidance (2026)
Agriculture net sales: flat to down 5% vs 2025 (includes +2% currency, +1.5%–2% pricing) (CFO)
Agriculture EBIT margin: 4.5%–5.5% (CFO)
Construction net sales: about flat YoY (includes +1% currency, +2% pricing) (CFO)
Q1 2026: Ag EBIT and company EPS likely breakeven ±; Construction EBIT likely negative; free cash outflow larger than Q1 2025 (CFO)
Mgmt Quotes
“We took out $230 million of cost from the Agriculture segment in 2025, which puts us on pace to achieve the $550 million cumulative savings target by 2030.” (CEO)
“Our commitment is to raise agricultural EBIT margin to 16% to 17% by 2030 on an industry mid-cycle basis.” (CEO)
“2026 should represent the trough of the cycle.” (CFO)
“The low production levels, the unfavorable geographic mix and the full impact of the tariffs will likely result in a breakeven Q1, plus or minus, for both the Agriculture segment EBIT and company-wide earnings per share.” (CFO)
“When there is news to share, we will include those in our earnings calls in 2026 or 2027.” (CEO, on Construction partnership options)