DuPont Earnings: Shares Fall Despite Guidance Raise as Market Reacts to Cost Inflation; Maintain FVE
DuPont reported solid second-quarter results as profits grew, driven by higher sales in all businesses.
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Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
DuPont’s healthcare business should generate long-term growth from an aging Western population that requires more care, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.
Bears
The diversified industrials business will see increased cyclicality as construction and autos are its two key end markets. This will result in volatile profits from year to year.
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DuPont Direct Lithium Extraction Team Named 2026 Sustainability Squad by Business Intelligence Group
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Australia's Largest Inland Wastewater Treatment Facility Selects MemCor™ MBR System for Expansion
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DuPont Wins R&D 100 Award for Innovation in Healthcare
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DuPont Strengthens Corian® Design Distribution Network with Hallmark and Parksite
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DuPont™ FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC220 Element Named a Sustainability Product of the Year for Advancing Industrial Water Circularity
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DuPont Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
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DuPont Launches End-to-End Portfolio to Advance Direct Lithium Extraction
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DuPont Schedules Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call
Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $143.07
- Day Range
- $138.50–142.32
- 52-Week Range
- $94.84–250.20
- Bid/Ask
- $138.50 / $139.87
- Shares Outstanding
- 135.04M
- Market Cap
- $18.75B
- Volume/Avg
- 1M / 1M
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 17.49
- Price/Sales
- 3.01
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 2.12%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 1.68%
- Total Yield
- 5.43%
Company Profile
DuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals company created in 2019 as a result of the DowDuPont merger and subsequent separations. Its portfolio includes specialty chemicals and downstream products that serve the healthcare, water, construction, automotive, aerospace, and printing and packaging industries. Healthcare and water will generate the majority of profits.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Stock Style Box
- Mid Core
- Total Number of Employees
- 15,000
- Website
- https://www.dupont.com
Competitors
Valuation
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Metric
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DD
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EMN
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SOLS
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|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 17.49 | 14.94 | 33.95 |
Price/Book Value | 1.40 | 1.39 | 6.26 |
Price/Sales | 3.01 | 0.96 | 2.43 |
Price/Cash Flow | 40.24 | 7.17 | 16.65 |
Price/Earnings
DD
EMN
SOLS
Financial Strength
|
Metric
|
DD
|
EMN
|
SOLS
|
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 1.74 | 0.72 | 0.99 |
Current Ratio | 2.43 | 1.50 | 1.46 |
Interest Coverage | 0.74 | 3.40 | 8.32 |
Quick Ratio
DD
EMN
SOLS
Profitability
|
Metric
|
DD
|
EMN
|
SOLS
|
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 4.09% | 3.77% | 7.02% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 6.47% | 9.62% | 21.73% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 5.40% | 6.73% | 11.95% |
Return on Assets
DD
EMN
SOLS
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