Corteva (CTVA) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.30
- Estimate
- $2.23
- Surprise
- +2.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.8 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Corteva (CTVA) beat the $2.23 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.30 — a modest 2.9% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (5.8/10) to Buy (Wait) at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CTVA Sell at 4.7/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.9% surprise compares with a +19.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-11.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.2)
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Weak overall score: 4.7/10
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $13.37
- Price target
- $14.78
- Stop
- $12.43
- Upside to target
- +10.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.7:1
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (11.8× forward vs 8.2× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Risk check: RSI 4 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CTVA at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Agricultural Inputs
- Market cap
- $8.91B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 8.2
- 52-week range
- $9.08–$14.62
- Off 52-week high
- 8.6%
- RSI (14)
- 4
- Volume vs avg
- 0.32×
- Score today
- 4.7/10