DE vs TSM: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Deere & Company and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-23.
Deere & Company ยท Industrials
$703.12
-12.2% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ยท Technology
$452.00
+13.9% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
TSM has more upside to fair value (+13.9%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric DE TSM
Current Price $703.12 $452.00
Fair Value Estimate $616.99 $515.00
Upside to Fair Value -12.2% +13.9%
Market Cap $189.8B $2,344.3B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 22.1x 19.2x
Price / Sales 4.0x 0.5x
Price / FCF 49.1x 2.1x
Revenue Growth YoY +7.0% +36.0%
Gross Margin 35.7% 64.2%
Operating Margin 19.0% 56.0%
Return on Equity 18.1% 39.3%
Dividend Yield 0.92% 0.96%
FCF Yield 2.04% 47.62%
Analyst Consensus Buy Buy
Investment Thesis
DE โ€” Deere & Company
Deere & Company is a 1837-founded global manufacturer of agricultural, turf, and construction equipment organized across Production and Precision Agriculture, Small Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services, employing roughly 73,100 people under CEO John C. May. Business quality is high on franchise strength but currently strained by the large-agriculture cycle: TTM โ€ฆ
TSM โ€” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world's largest contract chipmaker, manufacturing advanced logic, mixed-signal, RF, and embedded memory wafers for high-performance computing, smartphones, IoT, and automotive customers from a base of 65,152 employees headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The business quality is exceptionally high: TTM gross margin is 64.2%, TTM operating margin is 56โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric DE TSM
Zone Low $462.74 $386.25
Zone High $524.44 $437.75
In Buy Zone? No No
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