News · DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) · Basic Materials

DuPont rises 2.0% after scheduling third-quarter earnings release

Session of October 6, 2026 · Published October 7, 2026 · 4 min read

What happened

DuPont (DD) rose 2.0% on October 6, 2026, after the company scheduled its third-quarter 2026 earnings release and conference call, which it said would publish results at 6:00 a.m. on the day announced. The stock opened 0.5% above the previous close and closed at $133.28, trading at 0.7 times its 20-day average for the session. The move came as the earnings announcement was scheduled and investor attention on the impending report likely drove the outperformance versus peers, according to PRNewsWire.

Closing price over the last 30 trading sessions. On October 6, 2026, DD closed at $133.28, up 2.0% on the day and 2.0% lower than 30 sessions earlier.

How big was the move

The stock’s rise of 2.0% was 1.4 times a typical daily move for this stock and 1.6 percentage points better than the Basic Materials sector median, which rose 0.4% on the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% on the day, while the S&P 500 over five sessions rose 1.9%. Trading volume was 0.7 times its 20-day average, indicating lighter-than-normal turnover on the day of the announcement, and the stock’s beta of 1.16 shows the stock tends to move more than the market.

Each bar is one day's price change; the outlined bar is October 6, 2026. A typical daily move over the past year was 1.9%, so the latest move equals 1.0 times that. Moves outside the dashed lines (about 3.9%) are unusual.

The size and direction of the move suggested a large, mostly company-specific reaction: the stock moved far more than the market and its sector and the company news was the likely driver. That pattern typically reflected investors repositioning ahead of a fresh set of results rather than a broad market swing.

The technical picture

The stock was 3.0% above its 20-day moving average, 1.4% below its 50-day moving average and 3.2% below its 200-day moving average. The 50-day average is below the 200-day average, a sign of a weak longer-term trend. The Relative Strength Index (14 days) was 55, in a neutral range between 30 and 70, and the shares sat 15.6% below the 52-week high.

Closing price over the past year. DD ends the period 13.8% below its 52-week high, below its 50-day average ($135.20) and below its 200-day average ($137.75).

Performance across time frames was mixed. Over one month the stock rose 1.3% and over three months it fell 2.7%. Over one year the stock rose 33.2%, which was 16.7 percentage points ahead of the S&P 500. Volatility was 22% annualized over 60 days, lower than 85% of its own readings over five years, suggesting recent price moves were steadier than the stock’s historical swings.

Fundamentals and valuation

For the four quarters through June 30, 2026, DuPont reported revenue of $8.27 billion, a decline of 32.7% from a year earlier and a decline of 20.4% from one quarter earlier. Diluted earnings per share were $0.45, with a gross margin of 34.4% (a year earlier: 33.0%) and an operating margin of 14.7% (a year earlier: 16.3%). The company reported a free-cash-flow margin of 13.6% and return on invested capital of 4.9%.

Quarterly revenue by period end. The latest quarter brought $1.8B, 44.2% less than the same quarter a year earlier.

On the balance sheet, the company showed net debt of 1.0 times EBITDA and share count over one year decreased by 1.9%. Those measures point to manageable leverage and some shareholder-friendly activity on the share count, while margins paint a mixed profitability picture compared with a year earlier.

Valuation metrics were striking in places. Price to trailing earnings was 296.2 times trailing earnings, a level higher than 94% of its own readings over the past five years (five-year median: 7.2 times earnings). Price to forward earnings was 18.4 times expected earnings and free-cash-flow yield was 6.4%. PromtFinance scores ranked the company 37 for Value (Weak), 3 for Growth (Very weak), 77 for Quality (Positive), 70 for Momentum (Positive), 84 for Revisions (Strong) and 78 for Stability (Positive).

Earnings and analyst expectations

DuPont scheduled its third quarter 2026 earnings release and conference call; the company will publish results at 6:00 a.m. on the day announced, according to PRNewsWire. The last report, on August 4, 2026, showed earnings per share of $1.88 against $1.76 expected, 6.8% above estimates. That report marked the tenth consecutive quarter beating estimates, and the typical two-day reaction after recent reports was the stock rose 3.6%. The company’s average surprise over the last four reports was 100.0% above estimates.

Diluted earnings per share by quarter. The latest quarter shows $1.05, against $0.42 in the same quarter a year earlier.

Analysts’ consensus price target was $97.00, which was 27.2% below the closing price. Forty-one analysts provided ratings, with 59% rating the stock Buy and the consensus rating at Buy. The next report was due November 5, 2026.

What to watch

November 5, 2026: Next scheduled earnings report.
August 4, 2026: Last report — earnings per share of $1.88 against $1.76 expected, 6.8% above estimates.
Price to trailing earnings at 296.2 times trailing earnings, higher than 94% of its own readings over the past five years.
Net debt of 1.0 times EBITDA and free-cash-flow margin of 13.6%.

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