DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) Stock Price & How to Invest

DuPont de Nemours is a diversified specialty chemicals and materials company. After the 2019 split of DowDuPont into three companies (Dow, DuPont, Corteva), DuPont retained the specialty materials businesses. The company has further restructured through multiple spinoffs and divestitures and is currently in the process of separating into three independent public companies: Electronics (semiconductor materials and interconnect solutions), Water (water purification and treatment), and Industrial (specialty industrial materials).

The semiconductor materials business is the largest growth contributor and includes photoresists, advanced packaging materials, CMP slurries, and electronic interconnect solutions used by every major semiconductor manufacturer. The water business serves water treatment, desalination, and ion exchange applications. The pending separation is expected to complete during 2026. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. Lori Koch has been CEO since 2024.

Separation execution complexity. Tax implications of the separation structure. Cyclical exposure in specialty industrials. Customer concentration in Electronics (the major semiconductor manufacturers).

16 analysts publish price targets on DD, averaging $170.00 against a $132.11 price as of September 2026, or +28.7%. The published targets run from $156.00 to $186.00, a narrow spread, and the ratings split 14 buy, 3 hold, 0 sell. Over the last six months there have been 6 raises and 3 cuts among the published actions. A price target is what an analyst published on a date, not a prediction, and sell-side ratings skew positive across the whole market.

Read the full DD forecast and price target for the target table, the recent rating actions by firm, and how the consensus has shifted.

We give no verdict on DuPont de Nemours, Inc.. Both cases are real, which is why the question is contested at all, so here is the strongest version of each.

The case for buying. Three-way separation execution. DuPont announced in 2024 a plan to separate into three independent public companies: Electronics, Water, and Industrial. The most optimistic published target, $186.00, assumes this works close to its best case.

The case against. Separation execution complexity. The most pessimistic target, $156.00, is roughly what DD is worth if this bites instead.

Read the full bull and bear case on DD, including what would have to change to break either one. Walnut is not an investment adviser.

Yes. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) has had 4 share splits in the last 10 years:

• 1487:1000 on April 2, 2019, so every share held became 1.487 shares.
• 4725:10000 on June 3, 2019, so every share held became 0.4725 shares.
• 239:100 on November 3, 2025, so every share held became 2.39 shares.
• 1:3 on June 24, 2026, so every share held became 0.3333333333333333 shares.

A split changes the share count and the price per share and leaves the value of a holding unchanged. Someone holding $1,000 of DD the day before the 1:3 split held $1,000 the day after, in more shares at a proportionally lower price. Historical prices from before the date are normally shown split-adjusted, which is why a long-run chart shows no cliff.

Splits matter mainly because they make older price figures confusing to compare by hand, and because a board choosing to split is usually signalling that the price has run up far enough to feel awkward for smaller buyers. Neither is a reason to buy or sell.

A simple financial snapshot. These are approximations and refresh quarterly; for current figures see DuPont de Nemours, Inc.'s investor relations page or your broker.

• Revenue (TTM): ~$12 billion
• Operating margin: ~18%
• Net income (TTM): ~$1 billion (GAAP, affected by restructuring)
• EPS (TTM): ~$2.30
• P/E (TTM): ~35x (GAAP); lower on adjusted
• Price to sales: ~3x
• Dividend yield: ~1.5%
• Free cash flow: ~$1.5 billion annually
• Pending separation: Three-way split expected 2026

DuPont's current valuation reflects sum-of-parts expectations across the three pending separation entities. The Electronics business in particular is expected to trade at semiconductor-supply-chain multiples (~30-40x) post-separation. The implicit conglomerate discount is the central thesis.

These are the investment theses DD naturally fits into. Each links to a full theme guide listing every other stock that belongs and the ETFs commonly used as a passive proxy.

Other names that sit close to DD: same theme, named as a direct competitor, or held beside it in the same funds. Each entry says which. Worth a look if you are thinking about diversification within a thesis rather than concentration on one ticker.

There are three common ways to get DD exposure. Buy shares (or fractional shares) directly at any major broker. Hold an ETF that includes it, which spreads the position across many companies. Or build it into a focused thematic portfolio, so DD sits alongside other stocks that express the same thesis.

Walnut takes the portfolio route. Describe a thesis where DD fits (for example “AI infrastructure” or “dividend-growth large-caps”) and the AI proposes 5 to 6 constituents with target weights. You review the plan and fund it through your own broker when you're ready.

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DuPont (DD) is essentially a breakup story, where the central thesis is unlocking higher standalone multiples on its Electronics, Water, and Industrial businesses than the conglomerate earns today. In a portfolio it behaves as a special-situation materials holding tied to separation execution and the semiconductor cycle, competing with Entegris, Veolia, and 3M, rather than a clean single-theme position.

Whether DD is worth buying today depends more on your time horizon and what you already hold than on any single call. We walk through valuation, what would have to go right, and the risks in is DD a buy or a sell?, and where the stock could go from here in the DD stock forecast.

For income investors, whether DD pays a dividend and how the payout looks is covered in does DD pay a dividend? And to weigh DD against a peer, read the full side-by-side comparisons: DD vs APD and DD vs DOW.