DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) Downgraded to Hold Rating by Zacks Research

Zacks Research downgraded shares of DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a report published on Monday morning,Zacks.com reports.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on the company. Bank of America lowered their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Wall Street Zen raised DuPont de Nemours to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $25.10 to $60.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $46.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $52.70.

DuPont de Nemours Trading Down 0.6%

NYSE:DD opened at $46.73 on Monday. 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 has a one year low of $25.47 and a one year high of $52.66. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $47.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $42.36. The stock has a market cap of $19.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -25.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.09.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share 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 analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a positive return on equity of 7.37% and a negative net margin of 7.03%.DuPont de Nemours’s quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours will post 2.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. DuPont de Nemours’s dividend payout ratio is -43.01%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On DuPont de Nemours

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.1% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 11,990 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $934,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 7.1% during the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,430 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $166,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 3.4% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 5,160 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 2.2% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 8,192 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $638,000 after purchasing an additional 174 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Forum Financial Management LP grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 2.2% during the third quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 8,026 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $625,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. 73.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

DuPont de Nemours Company 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.