Analysts Set DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) Target Price at $51.86

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $51.8616.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Citigroup raised their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $59.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded DuPont de Nemours to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On DuPont de Nemours

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Auto Owners Insurance Co lifted its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 4,275.8% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 17,552,405 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $70,561,000 after acquiring an additional 17,151,278 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 12,133.4% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 9,614,878 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $365,921,000 after acquiring an additional 9,536,283 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 64.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,514,600 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $583,487,000 after acquiring an additional 5,686,490 shares during the last quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC raised its position in DuPont de Nemours by 242.4% during the fourth quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 7,491,426 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $301,155,000 after purchasing an additional 5,303,219 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in DuPont de Nemours during the second quarter worth about $313,306,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.96% of the company’s stock.

DuPont de Nemours Price Performance

DD stock opened at $45.30 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $46.28 and a 200-day moving average of $39.62. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.52 billion, a P/E ratio of -24.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.10. DuPont de Nemours has a 12 month low of $22.50 and a 12 month high of $52.66. The company has a current ratio of 2.42, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. DuPont de Nemours had a negative net margin of 7.03% and a positive return on equity of 7.37%. The business had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS. DuPont de Nemours’s revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. DuPont de Nemours has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.300 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.480-0.480 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be 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 is Monday, March 2nd. DuPont de Nemours’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -43.01%.

About DuPont de Nemours

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.