Corteva, Inc.

NYSE:CTVA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$39.3b

Corteva Valuation

Is CTVA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CTVA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CTVA ($56.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($67.7)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CTVA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CTVA?

Key metric: As CTVA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CTVA. This is calculated by dividing CTVA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CTVA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio58.7x
EarningsUS$670.00m
Market CapUS$39.34b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTVA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTVA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.1x
CF CF Industries Holdings
12.6x-5.7%US$14.7b
MOS Mosaic
20.5x27.5%US$7.6b
ICL ICL Group
15.3x17.8%US$6.2b
FMC FMC
4x-20.2%US$6.1b
CTVA Corteva
58x26.8%US$39.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58x) compared to the peer average (13.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTVA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.1xn/aUS$16.82m
BON Bon Natural Life
3xn/aUS$6.75m
TANH Tantech Holdings
0.3xn/aUS$1.59m
CTVA 58.7xIndustry Avg. 20.4xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (20.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTVA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CTVA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio58.7x
Fair PE Ratio30.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CTVA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CTVA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$56.56
US$66.45
+17.5%
7.9%US$74.00US$57.00n/a22
Dec ’25US$62.24
US$65.68
+5.5%
6.9%US$71.00US$57.00n/a22
Nov ’25US$60.86
US$64.05
+5.2%
7.6%US$70.00US$55.00n/a22
Oct ’25US$57.99
US$63.13
+8.9%
7.3%US$70.00US$55.00n/a22
Sep ’25US$57.30
US$63.13
+10.2%
7.3%US$70.00US$55.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$53.00
US$63.28
+19.4%
6.5%US$70.00US$56.00n/a21
Jul ’25US$53.07
US$63.23
+19.2%
6.8%US$70.00US$54.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$55.94
US$63.65
+13.8%
6.8%US$70.00US$54.00n/a20
May ’25US$53.91
US$62.40
+15.8%
7.5%US$70.00US$53.00n/a23
Apr ’25US$57.68
US$61.71
+7.0%
7.7%US$70.00US$53.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$53.66
US$61.64
+14.9%
7.4%US$70.00US$53.00n/a24
Feb ’25US$54.06
US$59.18
+9.5%
9.9%US$70.00US$50.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$47.92
US$58.99
+23.1%
9.6%US$71.80US$50.00n/a24
Dec ’24US$46.20
US$58.99
+27.7%
9.6%US$71.80US$50.00US$62.2424
Nov ’24US$47.74
US$65.69
+37.6%
10.7%US$82.00US$53.00US$60.8623
Oct ’24US$51.16
US$68.88
+34.6%
8.2%US$82.00US$57.00US$57.9922
Sep ’24US$51.11
US$69.01
+35.0%
8.3%US$82.00US$57.00US$57.3022
Aug ’24US$55.94
US$69.84
+24.8%
8.3%US$82.00US$57.00US$53.0023
Jul ’24US$57.30
US$71.49
+24.8%
7.2%US$82.00US$61.00US$53.0723
Jun ’24US$53.86
US$71.97
+33.6%
7.8%US$87.00US$61.00US$55.9422
May ’24US$61.46
US$72.90
+18.6%
8.1%US$87.00US$60.00US$53.9121
Apr ’24US$60.31
US$73.09
+21.2%
7.8%US$87.00US$60.00US$57.6821
Mar ’24US$62.15
US$72.88
+17.3%
8.1%US$87.00US$60.00US$53.6621
Feb ’24US$64.48
US$73.12
+13.4%
7.7%US$87.00US$62.00US$54.0621
Jan ’24US$58.78
US$72.38
+23.1%
7.8%US$87.00US$62.00US$47.9220
Dec ’23US$66.25
US$72.58
+9.5%
8.0%US$87.00US$62.00US$46.2020

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 21:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/27 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Corteva, Inc. is covered by 41 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Benjamin TheurerBarclays
Adrien TamagnoBerenberg