DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) Receives $45.53 Average PT from Brokerages

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fifteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and ten have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $45.9942.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on DD. Wall Street Zen upgraded DuPont de Nemours to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Wolfe Research boosted their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $44.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Zacks Research raised shares of DuPont de Nemours from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $90.00 to $46.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 25th.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

NYSE DD opened at $43.36 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $18.17 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 1.63, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The company’s 50 day moving average is $40.88 and its 200-day moving average is $35.48. DuPont de Nemours has a 12-month low of $22.50 and a 12-month high of $44.17.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The basic materials company reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $3.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.12 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a positive return on equity of 7.81% and a negative net margin of 6.17%.The company’s revenue was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.18 earnings per share. DuPont de Nemours has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.430-0.430 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 28th were paid a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 28th. DuPont de Nemours’s payout ratio is -43.48%.

DuPont de Nemours announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, November 6th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the basic materials company to reacquire up to 12.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other DuPont de Nemours news, CEO Lori Koch sold 9,011 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.46, for a total value of $355,574.06. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 288,326 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,377,343.96. The trade was a 3.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Erik T. Hoover sold 6,005 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $39.79, for a total value of $238,938.95. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 112,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,460,498.79. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of DuPont de Nemours

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 6.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 50,867,267 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $3,962,560,000 after acquiring an additional 3,203,044 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,363,975 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,259,585,000 after purchasing an additional 842,852 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,782,760 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $736,487,000 after purchasing an additional 496,691 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 28.2% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,828,110 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $687,710,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942,589 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in DuPont de Nemours by 1.4% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,096,122 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $552,788,000 after buying an additional 98,590 shares during the period. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

DuPont de Nemours Company Profile

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE: DD) is a global science and engineering company that develops and supplies specialty materials, chemicals and industrial biosciences for a wide range of markets. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company traces its origins to 1802 and has evolved through more than two centuries of innovation. In recent history DuPont participated in a major combination with Dow Chemical and subsequent reorganization that refocused the company on differentiated, specialty businesses built around science-based solutions.

DuPont’s operations center on advanced materials and technologies used by manufacturers and OEMs in industries such as transportation, electronics, construction, industrial manufacturing and worker safety.