OFI Invest Asset Management Makes New $8.35 Million Investment in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Key Points

• OFI Invest Asset Management opened a new stake in DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD), buying 207,699 shares in Q4 worth about $8.35 million.
• Several analysts have raised price targets recently, leaving DuPont with a MarketBeat consensus of a Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $51.86.
• DuPont beat the latest quarterly EPS estimate ($0.46 vs. $0.43), set FY2026 guidance of $2.25–$2.30 EPS, and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.20 (roughly a 1.7% yield).

OFI Invest Asset Management acquired a new position in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 207,699 shares of the basic materials company's stock, valued at approximately $8,349,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 11,990 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $934,000 after buying an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 27.0% during the 3rd quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 602 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Old Port Advisors lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Old Port Advisors now owns 3,148 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $245,000 after buying an additional 147 shares during the last quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 30,810 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $2,400,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,430 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $166,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.96% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently commented on DD. Mizuho upped their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Wolfe Research upped their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $54.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d)" rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Zacks Research raised DuPont de Nemours from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $58.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $51.86.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

Shares of DD opened at $47.45 on Friday. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $47.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $41.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.91 and a current ratio of 2.42. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 52-week low of $23.36 and a 52-week high of $52.66.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. The business had revenue of ($1,871.00) million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.69 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a positive return on equity of 7.37% and a negative net margin of 7.03%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS. 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. Research analysts forecast that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 4.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. DuPont de Nemours's dividend payout ratio is -43.01%.

DuPont de Nemours 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.

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