DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD Shares Purchased by Choate Investment Advisors

Choate Investment Advisors lifted its holdings in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) by 214.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 35,442 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after buying an additional 24,154 shares during the quarter. Choate Investment Advisors’ holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $1,425,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 7.1% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,430 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $166,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.7% in the third quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 11,254 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $877,000 after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 13,236 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $575,000 after acquiring an additional 232 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 13.1% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 2,104 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $85,000 after acquiring an additional 243 shares during the period. Finally, Patrick M Sweeney & Associates Inc. increased its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 8.1% in the third quarter. Patrick M Sweeney & Associates Inc. now owns 3,348 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $261,000 after acquiring an additional 250 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.96% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on DD shares. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $51.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of DuPont de Nemours from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $58.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $56.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $55.21.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Up 0.1%

DD stock opened at $48.15 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $19.74 billion, a PE ratio of -802.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 2.11 and a current ratio of 2.68. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $46.74 and its 200 day moving average is $44.60. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a one year low of $27.16 and a one year high of $52.66.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.67 billion. DuPont de Nemours had a negative net margin of 0.30% and a positive return on equity of 7.15%. The firm’s revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.03 earnings per share. DuPont de Nemours has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.590-0.590 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.400 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 2.39 EPS for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 15th. DuPont de Nemours’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -1,333.33%.

DuPont de Nemours 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.