Corteva, Inc. · CTVA · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Corteva reaffirms 2025 EBITDA outlook after strong Q1 execution

The current analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: strong Q1 execution, reaffirmed full-year guidance, cost savings, and product and licensing initiatives support the outlook, while pricing, FX, trade policy, and second-half execution remain material tests.

Reported After market closeNYSEBasic Materials $9.30B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $0.88
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $4.55B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +7.0% Event window
SPY move +0.7% Same window
Abnormal move +6.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +7.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current quarter adds evidence of Q1 EBITDA growth and margin expansion, a reaffirmed $3.7 billion full-year EBITDA outlook, and more detail on tariff exposure, hybrid wheat, winter canola, and the out-licensing pipeline.

Guidance delta

Maintained: full-year operating EBITDA guidance of $3.7 billion was reaffirmed.

Key takeaways

  • Q1 EBITDA growth and margin expansion point to strong operational execution.
  • Management highlighted cost savings, royalty neutrality, and out-licensing as support for the full-year plan.
  • Growth initiatives include U.S. corn acreage, Brazil corn and ethanol, biologicals, hybrid wheat, and new crop products.
  • Tariff exposure was described as limited, while Brazilian-real currency risk and crop-protection pricing remain watch items.

Management priorities

  • Deliver the $400 million cost-savings plan and $65 million from royalty neutrality and out-licensing.
  • Expand seed out-licensing, biologicals, and new product launches.
  • Advance hybrid wheat toward a 2027 launch and scale the winter-canola biofuel pilot.
  • Continue R&D investment toward 8% of sales for the full year.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
CTVA REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $5B Q1 '24 actual $4B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $6B Q2 '24 actual $6B, miss Q3 '24 estimate $3B Q3 '24 actual $2B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $6B Q2 '25 actual $6B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $3B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $4B Q4 '25 actual $4B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '26 actual $5B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $7B Q2 '26 actual $6B, miss Q3 '26 estimate $3B Q4 '26 estimate $4B Q1 '27 estimate $5B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy35 ratings
Bullish2365.7%
Neutral1028.6%
Bearish25.7%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$13.91Previous close
$15Low
$69.94Average
$103High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 7, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
JP Morgan Overweight NeutralUpgradeOct 6, 2026
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainSep 18, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 17, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 16, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 16, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

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FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
New StreetAnalyst unavailable$17$11.92 +22.2%Oct 5, 2026
OppenheimerKristen Owen$17$11.92 +22.2%Oct 5, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$15$12.57 +7.8%Oct 2, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$18$12.57 +29.4%Oct 2, 2026
OppenheimerKristen Owen$95$80.45 +583.0%Sep 24, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. The company operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics. This segment also provides digital solutions that assist farmer decision-making with a view to optimize product selection, and maximize yield and profitability.…

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