AGCO vs TRMB: Which Is the Better Buy in 2026?

Same yardstick, side by side (as of October 2026). Valuation lined up like this is most meaningful for two names in the same corner of the market, which these are. Figures are approximate; verify before investing.

The metrics above tell you which is the marginally better business. The bigger risk for most people is not picking the slightly worse stock, it is over-concentrating. AGCO and TRMB share themes, so owning both, or adding either to what you already hold, can quietly push a large share of your portfolio into one bet.

This is the part a generic comparison page cannot answer, because it depends on what you own. Connect your brokerage and Walnut shows your real, combined AGCO and TRMB exposure, flags overlap with your existing positions, and tells you if adding one would tip you past a concentration you are comfortable with, read-only by default, with your login staying at your broker. Walnut is not an investment adviser.

AGCO Corporation is one of the world's largest agricultural-equipment manufacturers, designing and selling tractors, combines, sprayers, hay tools and related machinery under the Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Valtra and PTx brands through a global dealer network. Roughly half of its sales come from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (where the premium Fendt brand is dominant), with the rest split across North America and South America. In recent years the company has reshaped its portfolio to focus on high-margin machinery and technology: it formed the PTx Trimble precision-ag joint venture in April 2024 (taking an 85% stake by folding in Trimble's agriculture assets) and sold the majority of its lower-margin Grain & Protein business to American Industrial Partners in an all-cash deal valued around $700 million later that year.

Full AGCO guide

Trimble is a technology company specializing in precise positioning, measurement, and workflow software for industries that build and manage the physical world. It combines hardware (GPS and GNSS receivers, optical instruments, laser scanners, and sensors) with software and services to deliver high-accuracy positioning and data-driven workflows for construction, agriculture, geospatial, and transportation customers. In construction, Trimble offers tools and software that help design, lay out, and manage building and civil projects. In agriculture, it provides precision-farming guidance and automation that help farmers plant, spray, and harvest more efficiently. In transportation and logistics, it offers fleet and freight software. Trimble has shifted its mix toward higher-margin, recurring software and subscription revenue, moving away from being purely a hardware vendor. The company makes money selling hardware, software licenses, and subscriptions across these end markets. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, Trimble serves customers globally across construction, agriculture, geospatial, and transportation sectors. As of October 16, 2026 the stock closed near $59.60, a market value of about $13.9 billion, down roughly 24% both year to date and over twelve months, although it has recovered about 15% over the past three months from a 52-week low near $48.

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Both fit overlapping themes, but they are not interchangeable. The useful comparison is which set of drivers and risks you want exposure to.

• AGCO drivers: Farm-cycle recovery; Precision agriculture and PTx.
• TRMB drivers: Shift toward recurring software revenue; Precision technology across large markets.

A faster-growing, richer-valued name usually swings harder, so it suits a longer horizon and a higher tolerance for volatility; a steadier, more cash-generative business suits a more conservative or income-minded investor. The honest test is which set of risks you could hold through a drawdown: AGCO is highly cyclical, and a prolonged farm recession or another leg down in crop prices would keep pressuring volumes, pricing and margins. For TRMB, trimble's hardware businesses are exposed to cyclical end markets: construction activity, farm incomes (which swing with crop prices), and freight cycles can all soften and reduce equipment demand.

Growth-minded investors who believe the theme has years to run tend to accept the richer multiple for more upside; value-minded investors lean toward the cheaper forward earnings and steadier profile. Pick AGCO if you believe its drivers more; TRMB if you believe its. Many investors hold both, but since they share themes, that is a concentrated bet, not diversification. Decide deliberately and check overlap. For the full detail, see the AGCO and TRMB guides.

AGCO. AGCO trades at about 14 times both trailing and forward earnings and roughly 0.7 times sales, a valuation that reflects trough earnings and doubt about the timing of a recovery. Third-quarter results on October 29, 2026 are expected to be seasonally weak, with consensus near $0.87 of EPS on about $2.33 billion of sales, so commentary on 2027 orders and dealer inventory is likely to matter more than the quarter itself. Fifteen analysts carry a mean target of about $126, well above the current price.

TRMB. At about $59.60 on October 16, 2026, Trimble trades near 14 times forward earnings and about 3.7 times trailing sales, a much lower multiple than the software-transition premium it carried a year earlier. Trailing GAAP earnings are negative after the second-quarter loss, so the valuation rests on adjusted earnings, which analysts put near $3.67 for 2026 and $4.14 for 2027. The ten analysts tracked by Yahoo Finance have a mean target near $79.

Headline figures (approximate, October 2026): AGCO shows revenue (ttm) ~$10.35B; Q2 2026 ~$2.61B, down ~1% year over year, revenue (2026 consensus) ~$10.2B (initial company guidance $10.5-10.7B), eps Q2 2026 adjusted $1.43 vs ~$1.48 expected; 2026 consensus ~$5.61, 2027 ~$7.32, net income (ttm) ~$533M (profit margin ~5%); TRMB shows revenue (ttm) ~$3.78 billion, up ~11% YoY in Q2 2026, gross margin (ttm) ~72%, operating margin (ttm) ~15% GAAP, net income (ttm) ~-$105 million GAAP, after a Q2 2026 loss of ~$472 million.

AGCO and TRMB are related but distinct: same themes, different businesses and risks. Neither wins in the abstract; the right pick is whichever thesis you actually believe, sized so you are not over-concentrated in one theme. Walnut can show your combined AGCO and TRMB exposure against your real portfolio. It is not an investment adviser.