Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
The Chemours Company CC
$13.71 +1.71% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.06B
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -5.2% from 5.9% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 51% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 20%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 28%
- Interest coverBottom 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 29%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 24%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 35%
- 6-month returnBottom 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 35%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.1% | -1.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 15.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | -5.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.9% | 2.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.4% | 0.1% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 18.3% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | -5.2% | 5.9% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Net margin | -5.2% | -7.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.2% | -0.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.7% | — | Bottom 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.3% | — | Bottom 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.0 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -1.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.25%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.24%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +31.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.88
- Target vs current price
- +59.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 20
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -14.1% | +4.8% | -14.7% | -9.1% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +200.0% | +2.6% | -7.2% | -14.6% | -37.1% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -43.6% | -3.5% | -14.8% | -10.1% | +17.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -16.7% | -2.6% | +4.6% | +4.1% | +37.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +26.1% | +3.4% | -4.3% | +25.5% | +13.4% |
| May 6, 2025 | -31.6% | +0.0% | -0.9% | -17.9% | -1.0% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +10.0% | +3.9% | -4.0% | -13.3% | -30.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +25.0% | +15.5% | +11.1% | +21.5% | +6.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.49 | -14.1% | $1.59B |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.05 | -$0.05 | +200.0% | $1.38B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.09 | -43.6% | $1.33B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.20 | $0.24 | -16.7% | $1.50B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.58 | $0.46 | +26.1% | $1.61B |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.19 | -31.6% | $1.37B |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.10 | +10.0% | $1.39B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.40 | $0.32 | +25.0% | $1.50B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 13.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 0.95× | — | — | Top 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.06% | — | — | Top 29% |
| Earnings yield | -14.51% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.2× – 57.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -25.3%
- RSI (14)
- 36.6
- Relative volume
- 1.20×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -50.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 2, 2025 | -79.0% | 748 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Mar 7, 2022 | -39.0% | 187 days | 40 days (May 3, 2022) |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -18.0% | 27 days | 10 days (Mar 12, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -16.0% | 14 days | 14 days (Nov 17, 2020) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.5% | 8 days | 7 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.06B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.99
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.80B
- Dividend yield
- 2.55%
- 52-week range
- $10.44 – $28.67
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.34B | $6.83B | $6.08B | $5.78B | $5.81B |
| Gross profit | $1.38B | $1.62B | $1.31B | $1.15B | $902.0M |
| Operating income | $674.0M | $786.0M | -$123.0M | $443.0M | -$5.0M |
| Net income | $608.0M | $578.0M | -$238.0M | $86.0M | -$386.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.60 | $3.65 | -$1.60 | $0.57 | -$2.56 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.50B | $1.39B | $1.37B | $1.61B | $1.50B | $1.33B | $1.38B | $1.59B |
| Net income | -$27.0M | -$8.0M | -$4.0M | -$381.0M | $60.0M | -$61.0M | -$29.0M | -$274.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.18 | -$0.05 | -$0.03 | -$2.54 | $0.40 | -$0.39 | -$0.19 | -$1.81 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $814.0M | $755.0M | $556.0M | -$633.0M | $264.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$277.0M | -$307.0M | -$370.0M | -$360.0M | -$213.0M |
| Free cash flow | $537.0M | $448.0M | $186.0M | -$993.0M | $51.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$164.0M | -$154.0M | -$149.0M | -$148.0M | -$78.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$173.0M | -$495.0M | -$69.0M | $9.0M | -$1.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $671.0M
- Total assets
- $7.15B
- Total liabilities
- $7.20B
- Total debt
- $4.12B
- Net debt
- $3.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$49.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.09 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.09 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.09 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,735,958
- Days to cover
- 8.66
- Change vs previous report
- +6.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.