DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD) earnings on August 4, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More DuPont de Nemours, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

The stock dropped as much as 7.85% during the day but then turned around to close up 1.17%, recovering from earlier losses despite legal concerns raised before the event.

DD price around the earnings

142.93

Change: +1.2%

2026-08-04, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
130.38 134.75 139.11 143.48 141.28
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.
August 4, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published
Results released

Pessimistic outlook, legal risk dominates

Experts are pessimistic because a major lawsuit from the New York Attorney General creates significant legal uncertainty, even though the company has a strong recent earnings record and analysts cite about 20% upside. The legal risk is the dominant factor weighing on the outlook.

Context analyzed before publication

Summary
Pessimistic outlook, legal risk dominates
Playbook
The stock has been recovering recently despite the lawsuit, but the legal overhang keeps sentiment negative. Analyst price targets are well above the current price, yet the legal uncertainty is keeping expectations low.
Trend
Expert confidence collapsed over the week

Analysts

Drivers

  • Analysts Positive

    Analysts rate the stock a buy, and their average price target is about 20% higher than the current price, indicating a strong optimistic scenario.

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.53
Analysts covering the stock
16
Average price target
169.5
Lowest price target
153
Highest price target
186
Upside to price target
20%
Revenue growth
4.3%
Forward EPS
7.88
Trailing EPS
1.14
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
2
  • Strong buy: 3
  • Buy: 11
  • Hold: 3
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
3
Buy
11
Hold
3
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 2, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • June 23, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)

News and sentiment

Drivers

  • News & sentiment Negative

    A lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General in July 2026 names the company along with others over alleged toxic pollution, creating significant legal uncertainty.

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
News
Sources (1)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
141.42
Average true range (ATR)
2.3%
Distance to 52-week high
-10.7%
14-day change (14d)
+4.2%
30-day change (32d)
+1.0%
30-day relative strength
-0.7%
SPY change (32d)
+1.7%
Nearest support
141.11
Distance to nearest support
0.2%
Nearest resistance
142
Distance to nearest resistance
0.4%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.87
  • Major: 141.11 (0.2% away, 0.1 ATR, 32 touches)
  • Major: 139.14 (1.6% away, 0.71 ATR, 25 touches)
  • Mid: 138.36 (2.2% away, 0.95 ATR, 28 touches)
  • Major: 142 (0.4% away, 0.18 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Mid: 143.7 (1.6% away, 0.71 ATR, 22 touches)
  • Mid: 144.81 (2.4% away, 1.06 ATR, 14 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+9.2%
  • May 5, 2026: actual EPS 1.65 vs estimate 1.45 (surprise +13.6%)
  • February 10, 2026: actual EPS 1.38 vs estimate 1.29 (surprise +6.6%)
  • November 6, 2025: actual EPS 3.27 vs estimate 2.94 (surprise +11.2%)
  • August 5, 2025: actual EPS 3.36 vs estimate 3.18 (surprise +5.5%)

Expected move

Drivers

  • Past earnings Positive

    The company has beaten earnings expectations in every quarter for the past year, with an average surprise of about 9% above what analysts expected.

Implied move
+2.5%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
5.5%
75th percentile move
7.4%
90th percentile move
8.2%
Up / down moves
14 / 6
Average up move
+5.6%
Average down move
-3.1%

Monitoring and close

What DuPont de Nemours, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS1.88
EPS estimate1.76
EPS surprise+6.8%
Revenue$1,819 million
Revenue estimate$1,813 million
Revenue surprise+0.3%

DuPont beat estimates and raised its annual outlook, but its third-quarter guidance is pessimistic. It is exploring M&A in water and healthcare.

Sources (15)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating -5.2% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 6%). The figures confirm the pessimistic scenario. Across our market history, in the 711 similar cases the close held that direction 88% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Partial
Consolidated
+1.2%
Max favorable move (MFE)
7.9%
Max adverse move (MAE)
1.6%