Capital Advisors Inc. OK Boosts Stock Holdings in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD)

Capital Advisors Inc. OK lifted its holdings in DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (NYSE:DD) by 4.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,163 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after purchasing an additional 265 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Inc. OK’s holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $470,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of DD. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in DuPont de Nemours by 431.6% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,058,446 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $80,707,000 after purchasing an additional 859,333 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 9.8% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 6,410,485 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $556,751,000 after buying an additional 570,703 shares during the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management bought a new stake in shares of DuPont de Nemours in the 3rd quarter valued at about $42,810,000. Two Sigma Advisers LP grew its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 48.3% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 1,415,900 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $126,171,000 after buying an additional 461,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in shares of DuPont de Nemours by 164.9% in the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 718,019 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $63,983,000 after buying an additional 446,948 shares during the last quarter. 73.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on DD. Wolfe Research raised shares of DuPont de Nemours from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on DuPont de Nemours from $104.00 to $101.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday. StockNews.com lowered DuPont de Nemours from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $107.00 to $105.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on DuPont de Nemours from $88.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $97.25.

DuPont de Nemours Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:DD opened at $81.78 on Thursday. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has a twelve month low of $66.10 and a twelve month high of $90.06. The company has a current ratio of 2.28, a quick ratio of 1.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29. The company has a market cap of $34.18 billion, a PE ratio of 43.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.34. The company’s 50 day moving average is $77.53 and its 200 day moving average is $81.09.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The basic materials company reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.15. DuPont de Nemours had a net margin of 6.35% and a return on equity of 6.64%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that DuPont de Nemours, Inc. will post 3.91 EPS for the current year.

About DuPont de Nemours

DuPont de Nemours, Inc provides technology-based materials and solutions in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through Electronics & Industrial, Water & Protection, and Corporate & Other segments. The Electronics & Industrial segment supplies materials and solutions for the fabrication of semiconductors and integrated circuits.