Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. Grows Holdings in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $DD

Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. lifted its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) by 825.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 47,354 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after buying an additional 42,238 shares during the quarter. DuPont de Nemours makes up about 0.5% of Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc.’s holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $1,904,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 3,203,044 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 4.8% in the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 28.2% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,828,110 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $687,710,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942,589 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position 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, Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of DuPont de Nemours during the second quarter worth about $313,306,000. Institutional investors own 73.96% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on DD. Argus lowered their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $86.00 to $52.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of DuPont de Nemours in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price 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. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $51.00 to $59.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $49.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock 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 assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $51.86.

DuPont de Nemours Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE DD opened at $44.14 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $46.47 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $40.32. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a 52-week low of $22.50 and a 52-week high of $52.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.05 billion, a P/E ratio of -23.73, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.09.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The basic materials company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.03. The company 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 business’s revenue was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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, sell-side analysts forecast that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 4.38 earnings per share for the current year.

DuPont de Nemours Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. DuPont de Nemours’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -43.01%.

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.