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. In 2024 it announced a plan to separate into three companies (Electronics, Water and Industrial); the plan was later narrowed, and the step that happened was the spin-off of the electronics business as Qnity Electronics, which DuPont announced as complete in late 2025. DuPont now describes itself as focused on healthcare, water, construction and industrial markets, and its best-known products include Tyvek protective and medical packaging materials.

The separation reset the numbers. Yahoo Finance data as of October 2026 shows trailing revenue of about $7.0 billion (versus roughly $12-13 billion for the pre-spin company), operating margin near 14%, and GAAP net income of only about $306 million because 2025 carried separation-related losses. On an adjusted basis earnings are much stronger: second-quarter 2026 revenue was about $1.82 billion, up about 4% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $1.88 beat the roughly $1.76 consensus, the fourth beat in a row. The stock trades near 16.5x forward earnings, pays $0.60 per quarter ($2.40 a year, about a 1.8% yield), and reports third-quarter results on November 3, 2026. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. Lori Koch has been CEO since 2024.

Separation aftereffects: GAAP results still carry separation and restructuring costs, and the payout ratio on GAAP earnings is about 81%, so the dividend depends on the adjusted earnings recovery holding. The remaining businesses are exposed to cyclical construction and industrial demand. Analysts have been trimming expectations in October 2026: JPMorgan downgraded the stock to neutral with a $145 target, and RBC and Citigroup cut targets to $160 and $162. Shares are about 17% below their 52-week high of roughly $158. Holders who kept Qnity shares from the spin carry separate semiconductor-cycle risk in that position.

17 analysts publish price targets on DD, averaging $165.47 against a $130.45 price as of October 2026, or +26.8%. The published targets run from $145.00 to $186.00, a narrow spread, and the ratings split 14 buy, 4 hold, 0 sell. Over the last six months there have been 6 raises and 5 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. Life after the Qnity spin-off. With Qnity Electronics now trading on its own, DuPont shareholders who held through the spin own two stocks instead of one. The most optimistic published target, $186.00, assumes this works close to its best case.

The case against. Separation aftereffects: GAAP results still carry separation and restructuring costs, and the payout ratio on GAAP earnings is about 81%, so the dividend depends on the adjusted earnings recovery holding. The most pessimistic target, $145.00, 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, post-Qnity): ~$7.0 billion, +~4% yoy in Q2 2026
• Q2 2026 adjusted EPS: $1.88 vs ~$1.76 expected
• Operating margin (TTM): ~14%
• Net income (TTM): ~$306 million GAAP (separation costs); EPS ~$3.69
• P/E trailing / forward: ~35.8x / ~16.5x
• Dividend: $0.60 quarterly, ~1.8% yield
• Free cash flow (TTM): ~$1.84 billion
• Market cap: ~$17.8 billion (share price ~$131.90)

The trailing P/E of about 36x is distorted by separation charges; on forward estimates DuPont trades near 16.5x, a typical specialty-materials multiple now that the electronics business trades separately as Qnity. The average analyst target of about $165 sits above the price, though several firms cut targets in October 2026 ahead of the November 3 third-quarter report.

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 now a post-spin specialty materials company: the semiconductor materials business left with Qnity, and the remaining company sells into healthcare, water, construction and industrial markets with about $7 billion of trailing revenue. In a portfolio it behaves as a mid-cap materials and industrial holding with a ~1.8% dividend yield, competing with names such as Veolia, Xylem and 3M, rather than an AI semiconductor supply-chain play.

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.