DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD Shares Acquired by Danske Bank A S

Key Points

• Danske Bank raised its stake in DuPont by 16.1% in Q4 to 374,460 shares (about $15.05M), and institutional investors collectively own roughly 73.96% of the company.
• DuPont beat quarterly EPS estimates ($0.46 vs. $0.43) and gave FY2026 guidance of 2.25–2.30 EPS with Q1 guidance of 0.48; the stock trades around $46.38 with a market cap near $19.0B.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 (annualized $0.80, yield ~1.7%), and analysts have an average rating of "Moderate Buy" with a mean target price of approximately $54.57.

Danske Bank A S increased its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD - Free Report) by 16.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 374,460 shares of the basic materials company's stock after buying an additional 51,845 shares during the quarter. Danske Bank A S owned about 0.09% of DuPont de Nemours worth $15,053,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in 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 worth $3,962,560,000 after buying an additional 3,203,044 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew 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 valued at $687,710,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942,589 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,096,122 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $552,788,000 after purchasing an additional 98,590 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 15.1% in the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,007,738 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $312,206,000 after purchasing an additional 524,737 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,337,753 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $259,974,000 after purchasing an additional 121,216 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.96% of the company's stock.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Up 0.3%

DuPont de Nemours stock opened at $46.38 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 2.42 and a quick ratio of 1.91. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 1-year low of $26.82 and a 1-year high of $52.66. The company has a market cap of $19.01 billion, a PE ratio of -24.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.02. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $46.49 and its 200 day moving average price is $43.02.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. DuPont de Nemours had a positive return on equity of 7.37% and a negative net margin of 7.03%.The firm had revenue of ($1,871.00) million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.69 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. On average, sell-side analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 2.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. DuPont de Nemours's payout ratio is -43.01%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DD has been the topic of several analyst reports. Wolfe Research lifted their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $54.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "sell (d)" rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $58.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $25.10 to $60.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $60.00 to $56.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $54.57.

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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