Victory Capital Management Inc. Decreases Stake in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Victory Capital Management Inc. lowered its stake in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) by 20.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 126,939 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 31,883 shares during the quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $9,889,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in DD. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in 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 valued at $3,962,560,000 after buying an additional 3,203,044 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,363,975 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,259,585,000 after acquiring an additional 842,852 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 10,782,760 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $736,487,000 after purchasing an additional 496,691 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the second quarter worth about $313,306,000. Finally, Boston Partners increased its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 36.6% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 3,483,001 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $238,924,000 after purchasing an additional 932,575 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.96% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted 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. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Zacks Research raised shares of DuPont de Nemours from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of DuPont de Nemours to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note 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 assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, DuPont de Nemours currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $51.86.

DuPont de Nemours Price Performance

Shares of DD opened at $45.98 on Thursday. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $22.50 and a fifty-two week high of $52.66. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $39.58. The stock has a market cap of $18.80 billion, a PE ratio of -24.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.10. 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 (NYSE:DD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.03. DuPont de Nemours had a positive return on equity of 7.37% and a negative net margin of 7.03%.The firm had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.69 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.13 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts anticipate that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. DuPont de Nemours’s payout ratio is currently -43.01%.

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.