Company Analysis

Corteva, Inc. (CTVA)

NYSE: CTVA · Agricultural Production-Crops · Indianapolis, IN · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade6.0
◀ Past 5.5● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Corteva, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past5.540% of the headline
● Present6.535% of the headline
▶ Future6.125% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2018; the latest 2026-11-10.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-11-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.9% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 6 of 8.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $14 billion in fiscal 2018 to $17 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.9% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.9%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.1%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.0% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Corteva, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 2 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 43%: owes 43¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Corteva, Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 43 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 35% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 30% of 13 in its family; net margin 6.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s standing among 13 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $17 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 6.3% ranks in the top 27%; revenue growth of -0.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$17.40Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin6.3%top 27% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-0.1%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kissam, Luther C IV (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-06-03, 5 months (bottom 7% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.6 years (bottom 42%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (top 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 20 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.6 yearsbottom 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5 monthsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 24% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4.5 billion against debt of $1.7 billion leaves 6.6% of its assets as net cash, top 12% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 16.2% of revenue (top 19%); a gross margin of 47.3% (top 4%); research spending of 8.5% of revenue (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.6%top 12% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue16.2%top 19% of its family
  • gross margin47.3%top 4% of its family
  • research spending against revenue8.5%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -0.1% a year over the last three filed years against 2.9% over all 8, slowing (top 37% of its family); the newest year grew 2.9% (bottom 46%); research spending grew 6.6% a year (bottom 38%); capital spending grew -0.8% a year (bottom 41%) (its annual reports). Corteva, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Seed at $9.9 billion, Crop Protection at $7.5 billion. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 57% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.0 points a yeartop 37% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.9%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending6.6%bottom 38% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-0.8%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Corteva, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $17 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.6% above the $17 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $1.1 billion against a prior three-year average of $930 million (top 32%); a net margin of 6.3% against 5.4% before (top 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.6%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+18%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.9 pointstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CTVA · research, not advice