Brokerages Set DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) PT at $166.60

Shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $166.60.

DD has been the topic of several analyst reports. Citigroup increased their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Zacks Research downgraded shares of DuPont de Nemours from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $53.00 to $159.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $180.00 to $176.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 7th.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

Shares of DD opened at $132.04 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $17.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 293.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.06. The company’s fifty day moving average is $138.34 and its 200-day moving average is $140.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.82, a current ratio of 2.43 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) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The basic materials company reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 business had revenue of $1.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.12 EPS. DuPont de Nemours’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. Equities analysts expect that DuPont de Nemours will post 7.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 31st will be given a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 31st. DuPont de Nemours’s payout ratio is currently 533.33%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On DuPont de Nemours

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Groupe la Francaise bought a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter valued at about $1,394,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC increased its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 817.1% during the second quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 10,565 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,433,000 after acquiring an additional 9,413 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 7,560.9% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 38,660,655 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,243,931,000 after acquiring an additional 38,156,004 shares in the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital acquired a new position in DuPont de Nemours in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $273,000. Finally, Highland Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $117,000. 73.96% of the stock is 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.