Royal Fund Management LLC Buys New Stake in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Royal Fund Management LLC purchased a new position in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 36,344 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,461,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 3,203,044 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 18,363,975 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,259,585,000 after purchasing an additional 842,852 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in DuPont de Nemours by 28.2% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,828,110 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $687,710,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942,589 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 1.4% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,096,122 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $552,788,000 after purchasing an additional 98,590 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners grew its holdings in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 15.1% during the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,007,738 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $312,206,000 after purchasing an additional 524,737 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.96% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DD has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $50.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price 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. Argus reduced their target price on shares of 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. Finally, UBS Group increased their price target on shares of DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $51.86.

DuPont de Nemours Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of DD opened at $45.82 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $46.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $40.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.74 billion, a PE ratio of -24.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.10. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 12-month low of $22.50 and a 12-month high of $52.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. 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%.The company’s revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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, research analysts predict that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.