---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001755672-24-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTVA"
cik: "0001755672"
company_name: "Corteva, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:27:10.585165+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corteva Q2 GAAP EPS $1.51, up 23% YoY; cuts FY guidance; names new CFO

## Summary
- Seed EBITDA +16% to $1.70B on 5% price lift; Crop Protection EBITDA -20% to $255M on pricing pressure.
- FY guidance cut: net sales $17.2-17.5B, op EBITDA $3.4-3.6B, op EPS $2.60-2.80; $1B buyback.
- CFO David Anderson retiring Sept 16; ex-Atkore CFO David Johnson appointed with $725k salary, $2.8M RSU.
- Q2 net sales $6.11B (+1% YoY); GAAP EPS from cont ops $1.51 vs $1.23; Operating EBITDA $1.92B (+10%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001755672-24-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTVA
- cik: 0001755672
- company_name: Corteva, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000017/0001755672-24-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000017/ctva-20240731.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001755672-24-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David P. Johnson was appointed as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Corteva, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: executive vice president and chief financial officer
  source text: David P. Johnson, age 57, will replace Mr. Anderson as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective September 16, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000017/0001755672-24-000017-index.htm
- Executive change
  David J. Anderson retired as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Corteva, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: executive vice president and chief financial officer
  source text: David J. Anderson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, notified the Company on July 26, 2024, of his intent to retire effective September 16, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000017/0001755672-24-000017-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.