# Corteva Inc. (CTVA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Basic Materials / Chemicals. Price $11.88, market value $7.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 7.3×** (5-yr avg 37.0×, 3-yr avg 43.4×). Corteva Inc. trades at 7.3× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 37.0×: cheap by its own standards. The Basic Materials median in the September 2026 study was 19.0×. Forward P/E is 10.6×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 0.46**. A PEG of 0.46 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 0.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.4×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 7.9%** (5-yr avg 4.2%). Free cash flow equals 7.9% of the market value, above its five-year average of 4.2%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 13.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 13.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 6.3%**. 6.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.5%**. 4.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 2.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces 2.4% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 2.9%** (3-yr -0.1%/yr, 5-yr 4.1%/yr). Revenue grew 2.9% over the last year, against 4.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 23.1%** (3-yr 0.4%/yr, 5-yr 11.9%/yr). Earnings per share rose 23.1%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 119.3%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 119.3% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.04**. Debt is 0.04 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Current ratio: 1.43** (quick 1.43). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 1.43 times.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 6.06%** ($0.88 per share, trailing). Corteva Inc. yields 6.06%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 43%** (77% of free cash flow). 43% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 7**. 7 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 6.1%/yr** (1-yr 6.1%). The dividend has grown 6.1% a year over five years.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (13 analysts). 13 analysts cover Corteva Inc.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $17.13 (+44% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -80.7%** (YTD -82.2%, 3-mo -84.8%). The shares are down 80.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -18.7%** (26.6% above the low). Trading 19% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 12**. An RSI of 12 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.00** (volatility 89%). Beta of 0.00 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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