Legal & General Group Plc Has $238.37 Million Stake in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Legal & General Group Plc raised its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) by 7.7% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 3,059,960 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after buying an additional 217,727 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $238,371,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC raised its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 186.5% in the 3rd quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 318 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. Crews Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 55.8% during the 3rd quarter. Crews Bank & Trust now owns 508 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 67.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 541 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd acquired a new stake in DuPont de Nemours during the third quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, Pacifica Partners Inc. increased its holdings in DuPont de Nemours by 27.0% in the third quarter. Pacifica Partners Inc. now owns 602 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have issued reports on DD shares. Zacks Research raised DuPont de Nemours from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Argus reduced their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $86.00 to $52.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of DuPont de Nemours to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 10th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $51.86.

DuPont de Nemours Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of DuPont de Nemours stock opened at $45.30 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.52 billion, a PE ratio of -24.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.10. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 52 week low of $22.50 and a 52 week high of $52.66. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $46.28 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $39.62. 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 earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $1.69 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.69 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.13 earnings per share. DuPont de Nemours’s revenue for the quarter was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. 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, Inc. will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. DuPont de Nemours’s dividend payout ratio is presently -43.01%.

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.