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DuPont de Nemours Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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0 of 5 met · composite below the peer average
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
2/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Debt sits at 5.6× Debt/EBITDA, +162% above the sector median of 2.1×, and ROE of -4.2% trails the sector median of 13.3% by -132% — two signals that pull against the stock's current valuation. The F-Score of 5/9 reflects mixed fundamentals: the balance sheet carries more leverage than most Materials peers, and efficiency gains remain limited. FCF growth year over year came in at 46.3%, well ahead of the sector median 4.7%, and the current ratio of 2.42 sits +6% above the median — so near-term liquidity is not the concern. On the forward axis, the consensus beat rate has been strong across recent quarters, though the realized EPS CAGR from SEC filings is unavailable, leaving the market's growth assumptions — which analysts tend to shade optimistic — harder to cross-check against the actual track record. The composite of 32/100 against the sector median captures the gap between what the price implies and what the fundamentals currently show.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APD | Air Products | 5/9 | -2% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When DD reports on November 4, 2026, track whether FCF growth holds near its current 9.9× sector-median premium and whether Debt/EBITDA, now at 2.14×, shows any reduction. A flat or rising debt load alongside a softening FCF trend would deepen the weak-quality signal already reflected in the F-Score of 5/9.
Focus on the sections covering debt covenants and capital allocation, given Debt/EBITDA of 2.14× sits well above the sector median. Management's discussion should clarify whether the low ROE of 13.3% — 132% below the sector median — reflects a structural margin issue or a transitional one tied to recent divestitures.
Pick two or three companies from the Materials sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — Debt/EBITDA or current ratio (2.29 for DD) works well here. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to draw; look for where DD's leverage and liquidity profile sits relative to the range you observe.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -45%-7%-12%-53%
Over 4 years: 6.529.306.965.60
Over 4 years: +4%-49%+2%+2%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| -1% |
| -7% |
| CTVA | Corteva | 7/9 | 5% | +3% | — |
| DD | DuPont de Nemours Inc. | 5/9 | -4% | +2% | — |
| DOW | Dow Inc. | 3/9 | -15% | -7% | — |
| ECL | Ecolab | 5/9 | 22% | +2% | 17% |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 5/9 | 23% | +2% | 25% |
| LIN | Linde | 4/9 | 18% | +3% | 26% |
| MLM | Martin Marietta | 8/9 | 12% | +9% | 23% |
| NEM | Newmont | 8/9 | 22% | +21% | — |
| NUE | Nucor | 6/9 | 8% | +6% | — |
| PKG | Packaging Corp | 3/9 | 17% | +7% | 12% |
| PPG | PPG Industries | 6/9 | 21% | +0% | — |
| SHW | Sherwin-Williams | 6/9 | 59% | +2% | — |
| STLD | Steel Dynamics | 5/9 | 13% | +4% | 8% |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials | 9/9 | 13% | +7% | 20% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.