Corteva vs Scotts Miracle-Gro
Corteva reported revenue of $17.4 billion in fiscal 2025, 5.1 times Scotts Miracle-Gro's $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Corteva's revenue grew 2.9% in its latest year, and Scotts Miracle-Gro's fell 3.9%. Free cash flow was $2.8 billion at Corteva and $274 million at Scotts Miracle-Gro. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and September 30), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Corteva | Scotts Miracle-Gro | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Sep 30, 2025 |
| Revenue | $17.4B | $3.4B |
| Revenue growth | 2.9% | −3.9% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 4.1% | −3.7% |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 30.6% |
| Operating margin | — | 10.5% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 4.2% |
| Free cash flow | $2.8B | $274M |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.2% | 8.0% |
| Return on capital | 5.8% | 13.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.6x | 4.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.5B | $173M |
| Change in diluted share count | −2.1% | 3.4% |
| Last close | $11.95 | $58.83 |
| P/E at the last close | 7.9× | 49.9× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $636,213 | bought $49,508, sold $5.5 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
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Operating margin
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Corteva and Scotts Miracle-Gro pages.