KeyCorp Estimates Corteva’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:CTVA)

Corteva, Inc. (NYSE:CTVA) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Corteva in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, April 13th. KeyCorp analyst A. Yefremov expects that the company will earn $3.47 per share for the year. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $71.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Corteva’s current full-year earnings is $2.96 per share.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Bank of America raised their target price on Corteva from $69.00 to $73.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Corteva from $62.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. BNP Paribas raised shares of Corteva to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Corteva from $72.00 to $73.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price target on Corteva from $74.00 to $73.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $68.13.

Corteva Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CTVA opened at $59.26 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.93. Corteva has a 1 year low of $50.01 and a 1 year high of $66.24. The company’s 50-day moving average is $61.09 and its 200 day moving average is $60.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 0.73.

Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by ($0.02). Corteva had a net margin of 5.36% and a return on equity of 7.19%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Oak Thistle LLC purchased a new position in Corteva during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,514,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its position in shares of Corteva by 5.9% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 9,428,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $537,031,000 after purchasing an additional 525,531 shares during the period. Swedbank AB lifted its stake in shares of Corteva by 51.9% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 695,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,624,000 after buying an additional 237,764 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its holdings in Corteva by 755.8% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 552,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,486,000 after buying an additional 488,181 shares during the period. Finally, S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC increased its stake in Corteva by 54.5% in the 4th quarter. S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC now owns 96,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,474,000 after buying an additional 33,886 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 81.54% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Corteva

In other news, insider Brian Titus sold 26,560 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.74, for a total value of $1,692,934.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 11,347 shares in the company, valued at $723,257.78. This represents a 70.07 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.14% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Corteva Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd. Corteva’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 52.71%.

Corteva Company Profile

Corteva, Inc operates in the agriculture business. It 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.