CTVA
Corteva, Inc.
October 5, 2026 · intraday
- Rarity
- 1.65
- Peak move
- +5.41%
- Float cap
- $8.0B
Corteva is a global provider of seed and crop protection solutions for the agriculture industry. Through its Seed segment, it develops and supplies commercial seed combining advanced germplasm and traits to farmers, while its Crop Protection segment offers products that protect crop yields against weeds, insects, and disease. Its products are sold in approximately 110 countries through multi-brand and distribution channels.
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14 events · 4 from SEC or newswire · 0 timed with the moveregulatory_actionCorteva agreed to pay $35 million and dismantle its crop protection loyalty rebate programs for 10 years to settle a 2022 FTC and 12-state antitrust suit alleging it paid distributors to block cheaper generic pesticides containing acetochlor, oxamyl and rimsulfuron, with Nebraska getting over $10M.
index_rebalanceVylor (VYLR), the seed and genetics business Corteva spun off, was added to the S&P 500 immediately, taking Corteva's seat, while Corteva leaves the S&P 500 before the open on Oct. 6 and drops into the S&P MidCap 400, replacing Olin.
regulatory_actionFifteen U.S. states plus Guam sued Corteva, EIDP and Vylor in Indiana state court, alleging the Vylor spin-off was a fraudulent transfer moving about $40 billion in assets, including the Pioneer seeds business, beyond the reach of tens of billions in PFAS liabilities, and seeking a TRO to freeze assets and bar dividends and buybacks.
spinoff_divestitureCorteva filed combined financial statements for New Corteva, comprising the crop protection business of Corteva, Inc., for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, in connection with the separation, and disclosed in an October 1 Form 8-K that Vylor is treated as the accounting spinnor and successor to Corteva post-spin-off.
SEC8-K 0001755672-26-000028Webus.kabutan.jplitigation_outcomeCorteva, Chemours and DuPont agreed to a $455 million PFAS-related settlement with North Carolina and local entities.
spinoff_divestitureCorteva completed the separation of its seed and genetics business into independent NYSE-listed Vylor Inc. (VYLR) on October 1, 2026, with holders of record September 24, 2026 receiving one Vylor share per Corteva share via pro rata distribution, leaving Corteva a pure-play crop protection company with an $11 billion pipeline.
analyst_ratingOppenheimer lowered its Corteva price target to $17 from $95 while keeping an Outperform rating, setting a standalone target for New Corteva after the Vylor spinoff.
analyst_ratingBMO Capital adjusted its Corteva price target to $15 following the Vylor spinoff, remaining cautious on a challenging crop protection backdrop while viewing the pipeline positively.
analyst_ratingMorgan Stanley adjusted its Corteva price target to $18 after the Vylor spinoff, maintaining an Overweight rating and saying the R&D pipeline can more than offset headwinds.
debt_financingCorteva subsidiary Vylor extended the expiration of private exchange offers and consent solicitations for EIDP's 2.300% notes due 2030, 5.125% notes due 2032 and 4.800% notes due 2033 from September 29 to September 30, 2026, conditioned on completion of the Corteva separation, and received final results with $434.841 million, $476.214 million and $527.584 million validly tendered for new Vylor notes, representing 86.97%, 95.24% and 87.93% of the $500 million, $500 million and $600 million outstanding notes, settling with the separation.
SEC8-K 0001193125-26-408740wireprnewswire.comWebbarchart.comWebsec.govWebprnewswire.comSEC8-K 0001193125-26-409840wireprnewswire.comWebinvestors.corteva.comWebbenzinga.comWebin.marketscreener.comWebhk.marketscreener.comWebprnewswire.comWebinvestors.corteva.comlitigation_outcomeCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta and other state attorneys general and municipalities sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Corteva's spin-off of its seed business into Vylor over alleged shifting of roughly $39 billion in assets beyond PFAS creditors' reach; the Fourth Circuit summarily reversed a District Court order denying California leave to seek a TRO, and on remand the U.S. District Court in South Carolina denied the motion to enjoin the separation, citing the plaintiffs' late filing, clearing the Vylor distribution.
credit_rating_changeS&P Global Ratings downgraded Corteva to 'BBB+' from 'A-' on Oct. 1, 2026 and removed it from CreditWatch negative as the Vylor spinoff neared completion, also cutting senior unsecured notes to 'BBB+' and preferred stock to 'BBB-', citing reduced scale and diversification.
analyst_ratingRBC Capital reiterated an Outperform rating and $103 price target on Corteva ahead of the Oct. 1, 2026 Vylor spin-off, citing Vylor's target of 7%-8% EBITDA growth and margins rising from 27% in 2026 to 30% by 2029.
investor_dayCorteva said its crop protection unit targets $550 million in new product growth and $300 million in run-rate cost-of-goods productivity through 2027, nearly $1 billion in biologicals sales by 2030, and an $11 billion pipeline of 12 active ingredients, five of them biologicals, for launch over the next decade.