Retirement Systems of Alabama Sells 287,854 Shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Key Points

• Retirement Systems of Alabama sold 287,854 shares, cutting its DuPont stake by 76.4% to 89,130 shares valued at about $3.58 million, while institutional investors now own roughly 73.96% of the company.
• DuPont reported Q4 EPS of $0.46 (beating the $0.43 estimate) with revenue essentially flat year-over-year, and set FY2026 guidance of 2.250–2.300 EPS and Q1 guidance of 0.480.
• Analysts have largely raised price targets recently (Deutsche Bank to $58, Wolfe to $54, Wells Fargo to $55), leaving DuPont with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $51.86.

Retirement Systems of Alabama lessened its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD - Free Report) by 76.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 89,130 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 287,854 shares during the quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama's holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $3,583,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in DD. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 3,203,044 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 28.2% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,828,110 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $687,710,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942,589 shares during the last quarter. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD acquired a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours during the 3rd quarter worth about $138,503,000. Ilex Capital Partners UK LLP lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 175.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ilex Capital Partners UK LLP now owns 2,043,299 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $140,150,000 after purchasing an additional 1,302,341 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Merewether Investment Management LP acquired a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours during the 3rd quarter worth about $99,689,000. Institutional investors own 73.96% of the company's stock.

DuPont de Nemours Trading Up 0.1%

DuPont de Nemours stock opened at $45.53 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $46.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a market cap of $18.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.09. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 12 month low of $22.50 and a 12 month high of $52.66.

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 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of ($1,871.00) million during 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 company's revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, equities analysts forecast that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 4.38 EPS for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. DuPont de Nemours's dividend payout ratio is -43.01%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Wolfe Research boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d)" rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective 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. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $51.86.

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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