DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fifteen ratings firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $45.5327.

DD has been the topic of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $104.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $38.90 to $47.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $100.00 to $48.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th.

DuPont de Nemours Trading Down 1.2%

DD opened at $42.88 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.63, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. DuPont de Nemours has a 52 week low of $22.50 and a 52 week high of $44.17. The stock has a market cap of $17.97 billion, a PE ratio of -23.30, a PEG ratio of 3.18 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a 50 day moving average of $40.74 and a 200-day moving average of $35.26.

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

DuPont de Nemours declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, November 6th that allows the company to repurchase $2.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the basic materials company to buy up to 12.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

DuPont de Nemours Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Friday, November 28th were issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 28th. DuPont de Nemours’s payout ratio is presently -43.48%.

Insider Activity

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 stock was sold at an average price of $39.46, for a total value of $355,574.06. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 288,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,377,343.96. The trade was a 3.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Erik T. Hoover sold 6,005 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.79, for a total transaction of $238,938.95. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 112,101 shares in the company, valued at $4,460,498.79. This represents a 5.08% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On DuPont de Nemours

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter valued at about $313,306,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 50,867,267 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $3,962,560,000 after purchasing an additional 3,203,044 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 28.2% in the 3rd 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 during the period. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD purchased a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the third quarter worth approximately $138,503,000. Finally, Ilex Capital Partners UK LLP grew its position in DuPont de Nemours by 175.8% during the second quarter. Ilex Capital Partners UK LLP now owns 2,043,299 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $140,150,000 after buying an additional 1,302,341 shares during the period. 73.96% of the stock is owned by 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.