DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) Price Target Raised to $54.00

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) had its target price upped by Wolfe Research from $49.00 to $54.00 in a research note released on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. Wolfe Research currently has an outperform rating on the basic materials company’s stock.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on DD. Argus dropped their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $86.00 to $52.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on DuPont de Nemours from $90.00 to $46.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $51.00 to $57.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group raised their target price on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $50.46.

DuPont de Nemours Price Performance

DD stock opened at $50.19 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.03 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.98, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.10. DuPont de Nemours has a twelve month low of $22.50 and a twelve month high of $52.66. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $43.29 and a 200-day simple moving average of $37.20. The company has a current ratio of 2.42, a quick ratio of 1.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.69 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a negative net margin of 7.03% and a positive return on equity of 7.37%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 anticipate that DuPont de Nemours will post 4.38 EPS for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, November 6th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the basic materials company to reacquire up to 12.2% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other DuPont de Nemours news, SVP Erik T. Hoover sold 6,005 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.79, for a total transaction of $238,938.95. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 112,101 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,460,498.79. This represents a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Lori Koch sold 9,011 shares of DuPont de Nemours stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.46, for a total transaction of $355,574.06. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 288,326 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,377,343.96. The trade was a 3.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of DuPont de Nemours

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DD. Kestra Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 37,328 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,501,000 after buying an additional 1,350 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 27.7% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 996,967 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $40,078,000 after purchasing an additional 216,173 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. grew its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 17.0% in the fourth quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 9,897 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,438 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 34.0% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 8,125 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $327,000 after purchasing an additional 2,063 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 12.8% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 289,366 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $11,632,000 after buying an additional 32,910 shares during the last quarter. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.