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

Key Points

• Moderate Buy consensus from 17 analysts (12 buy, 1 strong buy, 3 hold, 1 sell) with an average 1‑year target of $51.86; notable analyst divergence includes RBC and BMO lifting targets to $60 while Morgan Stanley cut its target to $44.
• DuPont beat quarterly EPS estimates with $0.46 vs. $0.43 and reported revenue of $1.69B, set FY2026 guidance of $2.25–2.30 EPS and Q1 guidance of 0.48, yet the company still shows a negative net margin and a negative trailing P/E indicating uneven profitability.
• Management declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 (annualized $0.80, yield 1.8%, ex-dividend March 2), and the stock trades near $45 with a 12‑month range of $22.50–$52.66 and a market cap of about $18.5B.

Shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seventeen research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation, twelve have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $51.8616.

Several research firms have issued reports on DD. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $51.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $80.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Monday, November 10th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Zacks Research raised DuPont de Nemours from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

DD stock opened at $45.16 on Tuesday. DuPont de Nemours has a twelve month low of $22.50 and a twelve month high of $52.66. The firm has a market cap of $18.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.28, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.09. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $45.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $39.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $1.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a negative net margin of 7.03% and a positive return on equity of 7.37%. The business's revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.13 earnings per share. 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. Analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. DuPont de Nemours's dividend payout ratio is presently -43.01%.

Institutional Trading of DuPont de Nemours

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC grew its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 186.5% during the 3rd quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 318 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. Palisade Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. Financial Life Planners purchased a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Imprint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Miller Global Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.

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