Stocks · Basic Materials · Agricultural Inputs
Corteva, Inc. CTVA
$11.92 -5.17% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $7.97B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 87% below its highest close of the past year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -80.6%, behind the S&P 500 by 95.7 percentage points.
- At 7.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 20%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginTop 12%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
- Interest coverTop 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 3%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 22%
- 6-month returnBottom 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.3% | 3.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 3.6% | -26.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 45.7% | 48.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 17.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 15.1% | 3.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.7% | 6.3% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -26.4% | 3.6% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 45.7% | ↑ | Top 12% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 14.7% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 8.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.5% | 15.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.2% | — | Top 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.1% | — | Top 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.20×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.77×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 17.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.07%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 12.57%
- Shareholder yield
- 18.64%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +21.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $79.50
- Target vs current price
- +566.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +2.7% | -1.3% | -13.1% | -8.4% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +28.2% | +2.7% | +1.4% | -5.0% | +9.4% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | -1.3% | +2.5% | +0.6% | +7.8% | +8.4% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +54.6% | +0.7% | +5.6% | +5.7% | +17.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +16.4% | -1.6% | -1.8% | +0.1% | -12.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | +29.3% | +0.0% | +8.7% | +14.3% | +14.0% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +2.5% | -2.9% | -4.2% | -6.9% | -5.6% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -61.7% | -0.0% | -7.5% | -0.9% | +6.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $2.30 | $2.24 | +2.7% | $6.38B |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.17 | +28.2% | $4.91B |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.22 | -1.3% | $3.91B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.23 | -$0.51 | +54.6% | $2.62B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $2.20 | $1.89 | +16.4% | $6.46B |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.13 | $0.87 | +29.3% | $4.42B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.31 | +2.5% | $3.98B |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.49 | -$0.30 | -61.7% | $2.33B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.9× | 39.9× | 0th | Top 3% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.2× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.59× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.89% | — | — | Top 17% |
| Earnings yield | 12.67% | — | — | Top 3% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.5× – 72.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -80.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -26.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +50.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -84.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -84.7%
- RSI (14)
- 5.7
- Relative volume
- 9.01×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 374.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 100th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.48
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.11
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -86.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -86.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -86.8% | 46 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 2, 2022 | Nov 10, 2023 | -35.3% | 236 days | 373 days (May 9, 2025) |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Oct 16, 2025 | -20.9% | 73 days | 88 days (Feb 24, 2026) |
| May 26, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -19.4% | 18 days | 44 days (Aug 25, 2022) |
| May 4, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -17.8% | 52 days | 140 days (Feb 4, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.97B
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.51
- Revenue (TTM)
- $17.81B
- Dividend yield
- 6.04%
- 52-week range
- $11.84 – $90.97
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.65B | $17.45B | $17.23B | $16.91B | $17.40B |
| Gross profit | $6.43B | $7.02B | $7.31B | $7.38B | $8.23B |
| Operating income | $1.32B | $1.93B | $2.11B | $2.10B | $2.62B |
| Net income | $1.76B | $1.15B | $735.0M | $907.0M | $1.09B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.37 | $1.58 | $1.03 | $1.30 | $1.60 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.33B | $3.98B | $4.42B | $6.46B | $2.62B | $3.91B | $4.91B | $6.38B |
| Net income | -$524.0M | -$41.0M | $652.0M | $1.31B | -$320.0M | -$552.0M | $720.0M | $1.16B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.76 | -$0.06 | $0.95 | $1.92 | -$0.47 | -$0.82 | $1.07 | $1.73 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.73B | $872.0M | $1.77B | $2.15B | $3.41B |
| Capital expenditure | -$573.0M | -$605.0M | -$595.0M | -$597.0M | -$591.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.15B | $267.0M | $1.17B | $1.55B | $2.81B |
| Dividends paid | -$397.0M | -$418.0M | -$439.0M | -$458.0M | -$475.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$950.0M | -$1.00B | -$756.0M | -$1.01B | -$983.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.37B
- Total assets
- $41.64B
- Total liabilities
- $16.24B
- Total debt
- $4.88B
- Net debt
- $2.51B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $25.16B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.18 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.18 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.18 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.18 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.18 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.17 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.17 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.17 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 20,671,603
- Days to cover
- 4.06
- Change vs previous report
- +15.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.