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Fundamental data last updated:April 13, 2026

company profile

SECTOR

Industrials

industry

Marine Shipping

Exchange

NYSE

County of HQ

United States

Next Earnings Date

05/06/26

Business Summary

DuPont de Nemours operates as a specialty materials and chemicals manufacturer supplying high-performance solutions across electronics, industrial, water, and safety markets. The company generates cash by embedding proprietary materials into customer production processes, where qualification cycles and performance specifications create switching costs. Its moat rests on technical know-how, patent portfolios, and long-standing customer integration in complex supply chains. When margins are healthy, this model produces durable pricing power and recurring demand tied to industrial production and advanced manufacturing cycles.

VALUATION

P/E

17.6

Market Cap ($M USD)

$631

Forward P/E

28.4

PEG

-

PRICE TO SALES

2

PRICE TO BOOK

1

EV / EBITDA

8.9

5-Year Average P/E

DIVIDEND

Yield

2.00%

Annual Payout

$0.31

Payout Ratio

33.70%

Consecutive Years of Dividend Growth

0

5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

-

Financial Health & Profitability

Earnings Per Share

$0.89

Next Year EPS Growth Estimate

$0.55

Next Year Revenue Growth Estimate

-7.60%

Return on Equity (ROE)

5.70%

Operating Margin

17.00%

Debt-to-Equity

0.2

Piotroski F-Score

5

Altman Z-Score

3.5

Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

5.70%%

Current Ratio

4.3

Quick Ratio

Gainseekers Quantitative Analysis

Summary

At 227.3x earnings with a Forward P/E of 18.6, the market is clearly looking past current distortions and pricing in a sharp normalization, yet the 3.8 PEG suggests that even on forward numbers growth is not cheap. The real red flag is the Altman Z-Score of 0.6, which signals material balance sheet stress risk, and that overwhelms the seemingly modest 1.4x book valuation. A 3.80% ROE and -5.60% operating margin confirm that profitability is currently impaired, while the dramatic compression from 227.3x to 18.6x forward earnings implies extreme earnings volatility rather than stable compounding. This is not a clean mispricing; it is a cyclical and balance-sheet-risk story being given the benefit of the doubt by equity markets.

AI Exposure / Tech Reliance

As a Specialty Chemicals company in Basic Materials, DuPont sits upstream of advanced manufacturing, electronics, and industrial innovation where AI-driven hardware expansion can indirectly lift demand. Materials science remains mission-critical to semiconductors, electrification, and high-performance components, positioning the firm as an enabler rather than a direct AI play. However, with negative operating margins, it must first restore core execution before meaningfully capitalizing on tech-driven end markets.

The Bull Case

A deep value or GARP investor could argue that the setup reflects trough conditions with asymmetric recovery potential. The Forward P/E of 18.6 against a Price/Book of 1.4 suggests the market is valuing assets reasonably while anticipating earnings normalization, and a Piotroski F-Score of 5 indicates middling but not collapsing financial health. The 2.4 current ratio provides liquidity cushion, and modest 12.60% Debt/Equity reduces leverage risk relative to heavily indebted peers. If operating margins revert from -5.60% toward positive territory, even a slight improvement in ROIC from -2.60% could drive significant equity rerating given the depressed profitability base.

The Bear Case

The bear case is blunt: a 0.6 Altman Z-Score is distress territory, and you do not ignore that. Negative operating margin of -5.60% and ROIC of -2.60% show capital destruction, not value creation, while a 3.8 PEG implies you are still overpaying relative to growth. A 227.3 trailing P/E combined with only 3.80% ROE signals structurally weak earnings quality, and the 0.2 yield with a 2.60% dividend per share figure and $0.80 payout ratio adds confusion rather than confidence in capital return sustainability. This is a turnaround with statistical fragility, not a stable compounder.

Market Sentiment & Smart Money

Short Interest %

5.00%

Analyst Consensus

1

Average Analyst Price Target

$16.90

Institutional Ownership %

76.90%

1-Year Beta

0.42

Insider Buying % (6 Mo)

14.40%%

Distance to 52-Week High

91.50%%

Distance to 52-Week Low

179.80%%