Valuation
26% of the score
19median 13
Corteva is valued at 21.8x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
21.8x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
CTVACorteva
$77.77+8.3% 1Y
$77.77
$60.5652 weeks$89.97
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 39 out of 100, Below average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Below average. Corteva scores higher than 34% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and the balance sheet, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
5median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 2.7% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
2.7%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 4.5%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
16median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 2 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
-2.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
93median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.1% a year over 4 years: buybacks
895%
-3%
-2.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 0.1% a year, sales 4.1%
10012%
-2%
-4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
41median 62
Today's operating margin of 9.7% is 1.30x its normal 7.5%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 8 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
8 years agonow 9.7%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
84median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.9x a year of EBITDA
914.5x
0.5x
0.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 10x
771.5x
12x
9.6x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
92median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.67x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.5% of assets
888%
0%
-8%
-5.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.75
87-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.75
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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Basic Materials
Ranks #92 of 141 by RyuScore