Corteva (CTVA) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported 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 diluted 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 Hold at 5.0/10.
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: 2026-11-03.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (3.5% away)
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
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
- $87.79
- Price target
- $100.98
- Stop
- $82.93
- Upside to target
- +15.0%
The stock trades at 54.7× trailing but 21.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 84 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — 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
- $59.13B
- P/E (fwd)
- 21.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 54.7
- 52-week range
- $60.53–$90.97
- Off 52-week high
- 3.5%
- RSI (14)
- 84
- Volume vs avg
- 0.51×
- Score today
- 5.0/10