DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• DuPont has a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating: 12 of 17 covering brokerages recommend buying the stock, while four rate it a hold and one recommends selling. The average 12-month price target is $166.60.
• Institutional ownership is high at 73.96%. State Street increased its DuPont position by 140.3% in the second quarter, while several other investment firms established new stakes.
• DuPont exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting adjusted earnings of $1.88 per share versus the $1.76 consensus and revenue of $1.82 billion. Shares recently opened at $131.63, below the analyst average price target and the stock’s 12-month high of $157.98.

Shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the seventeen brokerages that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $166.60.

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on DD shares. Citigroup increased their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a report on Monday, August 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $53.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 25th. UBS Group raised their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $175.00 to $178.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $171.00 to $172.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On DuPont de Nemours

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp grew its position in DuPont de Nemours by 140.3% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 44,941,824 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $6,095,909,000 after buying an additional 26,238,300 shares during the period. Ancora Advisors LLC purchased a new position in DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter valued at $8,317,000. Cullen Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter worth about $2,081,000. Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion Sas acquired a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter worth about $4,912,000. Finally, Groupe la Francaise purchased a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,394,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.96% of the company's stock.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE DD opened at $131.63 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $136.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $138.68. The stock has a market cap of $17.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 292.58, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 2.43, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. DuPont de Nemours has a 12 month low of $92.49 and a 12 month high of $157.98.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.12. DuPont de Nemours had a net margin of 0.67% and a return on equity of 6.92%. The firm had revenue of $1.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.12 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. DuPont de Nemours has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.800-1.900 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours will post 7.27 earnings per share for the current year.

About DuPont de Nemours

DuPont de Nemours, Inc is a global materials science company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The company develops engineered materials and specialty products used in electronics, transportation, construction, healthcare, water treatment, and industrial applications.

Its offerings include semiconductor and advanced packaging materials, engineering polymers, specialty resins, water purification and separation technologies, and protective materials and solutions. DuPont's products are sold to manufacturers, industrial customers, and other businesses across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other international markets.

The company was formed in 2019 following the separation of DowDuPont into independent companies, including DuPont, Dow, and Corteva.

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