Analysis: Dan Newhouse's sell of DE (Deere & Company)
Assessment: Low signal
Routine, programmatic sale of Deere & Company executed as part of a 31-stock portfolio rebalancing with no identifiable policy catalyst.
- Member: Dan Newhouse
- Party / state: R-WA
- Chamber: House
- Transaction: Sell
- Amount: $1,001 - $15,000
- Ticker: DE
- Company: Deere & Company
- Trade date: 2026-07-10
- Disclosure date: 2026-07-17
- Disclosure lag: 7 days
Executive summary
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) reported a sale of Deere & Company (DE) on 2026-07-10 for $1,001-$15,000, disclosed 7 days later. The sale occurred within a large batch of same-day trades across many tickers in the same dollar range, and an SEC 8-K with a July 10, 2026 report date was filed shortly after regarding a $300M note issuance by a Deere subsidiary. No Form 4 insider transactions were identified in the provided EDGAR activity window.
The analyzed DE transaction is one of 31 trades executed on 2026-07-10 (±1 day list provided shows all dated 2026-07-10), including multiple sales (e.g., LLY, GOOGL, NVDA, UNH) and multiple purchases (e.g., MU, COST, HON, MS) with the same reported dollar range ($1,001-$15,000). Within the member’s DE history, this is the third sale after prior DE trades in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, with all reported amounts also in the $1,001-$15,000 range. From the provided SEC EDGAR enrichment for Deere (CIK 315189), four 8-K filings fall within 2026-04-11 to 2026-08-09, including (i) Q2 results furnished on 2026-05-21 (Items 2.02, 7.01) and (ii) a 2026-07-15 8-K (report date 2026-07-10) describing a $300,000,000 note sale by Deere Funding Canada Corporation (Item 8.01). The provided EDGAR enrichment reports no Form 4 insider transactions in the window 2026-06-10 to 2026-08-09.
Timeline
- 2026-04-28 — Deere & Company reported on executive/leadership matters (Item 5.02) and furnished a press release about election of Brent Norwood as CFO effective May 1, 2026 (8-K filed May 1, 2026).
- 2026-05-21 — Deere & Company furnished quarterly results/Reg FD materials (Items 2.02, 7.01; 8-K filed May 21, 2026) including a press release reporting second quarter net income of $1.773 billion and fiscal 2026 net income guidance range of $4.5B to $5.0B (per Exhibit 99.1 preview).
- 2026-05-26 — Deere & Company reported leadership change information (Item 5.02; 8-K filed June 1, 2026).
- 2026-07-10 — Rep. Dan Newhouse sold DE (Deere & Company) in the reported amount range $1,001-$15,000.
- 2026-07-10 — Deere Funding Canada Corporation agreed to sell $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.850% Notes due July 15, 2031 (Item 8.01; 8-K filed July 15, 2026; report date July 10, 2026).
- 2026-07-17 — Rep. Dan Newhouse filed the DE sale (filed date in prompt).
Independent analysis of public financial disclosures. Not financial or investment advice.