ICL vs CTVA Stock Comparison

Icl and Corteva Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ICL ICL Group Ltd.
$4.76 -10.5% 1M -27.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.22B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.71B
Div. yield
–
Fertilizers Basic Materials
7 wins
CTVA Corteva, Inc.
$12.45 -84.5% 1M -80.4% 1Y
Market cap
$7.97B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.81B
Div. yield
–
Crop Protection and Seeds Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Icl leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Icl 7, Corteva 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICLCTVALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.22B $7.97B CTVA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 9.0x 7.9x CTVA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.9x 22.2x ICL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +3.7% ICL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.0% 5.7% ICL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.4% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.5x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -27.1% -80.4% ICL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.6%/yr -21.9%/yr ICL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.0% 185.8% ICL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 79/100 ICL

Percentile Scorecard

ICLCTVA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICLCTVA
Valuation 99 #2 of 94 96 #5 of 94
Growth 48 #48 of 92 65 #33 of 92
Profitability 83 #16 of 89 68 #29 of 89
Financial Health – 67 #33 of 97
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 70 99 #2 of 70
Overall 83 79
  • ICL ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • CTVA ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICLCTVASPY
1 month -10.5%-84.5% -1.0%
3 months -9.8%-86.1% +2.9%
6 months -8.1%-84.4% +6.4%
Year to date -16.6%-81.4% +11.4%
1 year -27.1%-80.4% +13.1%
3 years -3.8%-74.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year -1.3%-36.4% +21.5%
5 years -42.7%-70.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year -10.6%-21.9% +10.9%
10 years +28.0%— +255.2%
10 years, per year +2.5%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureICLCTVASPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.0%185.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.8%276.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.77-0.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.70-0.43 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.0%-86.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.2%-86.2% -2.5%
52-week high $6.82$90.53 $779.14
52-week low $4.70$11.92 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICLCTVA
P/E now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 21.5x 8.2xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.4x 0.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.4x 2.3xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 15.5x 12.2xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.6x 0.3xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -0.54median 1.70 1.58median 1.70

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICLCTVA
Revenue $7.71B $17.81B
Gross profit $2.36B $8.82B
Operating income $715.00M $3.52B
Net income $654.00M $1.02B
Free cash flow $1.19B $680.00M
R&D – $1.49B
EPS (diluted) $0.54 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $496.00M $2.37B
Total debt – $15.18B
Shares (diluted) 1.29B 669.80M
Enterprise value $2.92B -$3.48B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICLCTVA
P/E 8.9x 8.2x
P/FCF 5.2x 12.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.6x
P/S 0.8x 0.5x
P/B – 0.3x
P/Tangible book – 0.5x
EV/EBITDA – 2.3x
EV/EBIT 7.9x 3.1x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 0.6x
EV/FCF 4.8x 15.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 8.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.54 1.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICLCTVA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.2% 12.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 6.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -1.7% 22.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.8% 13.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -1.7% -27.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -18.0% 3.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 88.4% -26.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -16.4% 5.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -61.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 233.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -17.5% -75.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.0% 49.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICLCTVA
Gross margin 30.6% 49.5%
EBITDA margin – 26.7%
Operating margin 9.3% 19.8%
Pretax margin 9.9% 8.9%
Net margin 9.0% 5.7%
FCF margin 15.4% 3.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 7.1%
Return on equity – 4.1%
Return on assets – 2.4%
Return on invested capital – 8.4%
Return on capital employed – 11.2%
Asset turnover – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICLCTVA
Debt / assets – 11.7%
Debt / equity – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.5x
Debt / FCF – 7.2x
Liabilities / assets – 39.0%
Equity / assets – 61.0%
Interest coverage – 20.1x
Current ratio – 1.5x
Quick ratio – 1.2x
Cash ratio – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.22

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICLCTVA
Dividend yield 13.2% 5.8%
Net buyback yield – 12.1%
Shareholder yield 13.2% 17.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICLCTVA
Forward P/E 11.9xFY2026 22.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.40FY2026 $0.56FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.1%FY2026 +12.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.5% +25.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.47BFY2026 $16.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.5%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.0% -52.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICLCTVA
Held by institutions 13.7% 88.8%
Institutions holding 221 1,480
Change in shares held, QoQ -13.5% +2.9%
Institutions buying 140 646
Institutions selling 56 527
Buyers to sellers 2.50 1.23

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ICLCTVA
ICL 1.00 0.04
CTVA 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICL and CTVA?

Corteva (CTVA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Icl (ICL) $6.22B, Corteva (CTVA) $7.97B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICL and CTVA?

Corteva (CTVA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Icl (ICL) 9.0x, Corteva (CTVA) 7.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Icl (ICL) is cheapest (Icl (ICL) 11.9x, Corteva (CTVA) 22.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Icl (ICL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Icl (ICL) +10.9%, Corteva (CTVA) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Icl (ICL) has the highest net margin (Icl (ICL) 9.0%, Corteva (CTVA) 5.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Icl (ICL) returned the most: Icl (ICL) -27.1%, Corteva (CTVA) -80.4%. Over five years, Icl (ICL) compounded fastest (Icl (ICL) -10.6%/yr, Corteva (CTVA) -21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Icl (ICL) has been the steadiest (Icl (ICL) 39.0%, Corteva (CTVA) 185.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do ICL and CTVA move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.04, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, ICL and CTVA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Icl (ICL) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.