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Corteva Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals scattered
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Corteva's P/E of 49.8× sits +48% above the sector median 33.7×, a premium that looks harder to justify when ROE runs at 4.6% — -66% below the sector median 13.3%. The balance sheet offers a cleaner read: Debt/EBITDA of 0.5× is -77% below the sector median 2.1×, and EV/EBITDA of 15.5× is -23% cheaper than the median 20.2×, so the company carries less financial strain than most peers. The F-Score of 7/9 reflects stable but unexceptional fundamentals, and the composite of 49/100 against the sector median confirms that signals are scattered rather than aligned. Consensus models forward earnings growth, and the beat rate over eight quarters has been strong — yet the realized EPS CAGR from SEC filings trails what the market currently prices in, a gap worth holding in view.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APD | Air Products | 5/9 | -2% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Corteva reports on 2026-11-02, track revenue year over year alongside ROE, which currently sits 66% below the sector median at 13.3%. A sustained improvement there would test whether the P/E of 33.7x — 48% above the sector median — is being earned.
Pull Corteva's latest 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's discussion of margin drivers and debt deployment. Debt/EBITDA of 2.14x sits 77% below the sector median, so check whether that balance-sheet headroom is being directed toward efficiency, where the F-Score flags a gap at 1/2.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies and line up one metric — EV/EBITDA or P/B are natural choices given Corteva's discounts of 23% and 44% to the sector median. No single name in the table is ranked; the comparison is yours to frame.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -88%+340%+32%+82%
Over 4 years: 1.471.300.910.50
Over 4 years: +11%-1%-2%+3%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 6 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| -7% |
| CTVA | Corteva Inc. | 7/9 | 5% | +3% | — |
| DD | DuPont | 5/9 | -4% | +2% | — |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | 3/9 | -15% | -7% | — |
| ECL | Ecolab | 5/9 | 22% | +2% | 17% |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 5/9 | 23% | +2% | 25% |
| LIN | Linde | 4/9 | 18% | +3% | 26% |
| MLM | Martin Marietta | 8/9 | 12% | +9% | 23% |
| NEM | Newmont | 8/9 | 22% | +21% | — |
| NUE | Nucor | 6/9 | 8% | +6% | — |
| PKG | Packaging Corp | 3/9 | 17% | +7% | 12% |
| PPG | PPG Industries | 6/9 | 21% | +0% | — |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams | 6/9 | 59% | +2% | — |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics | 5/9 | 13% | +4% | 8% |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials | 9/9 | 13% | +7% | 20% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.