E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 27th, Market Beat.com reports. Investors of record on Friday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of 0.38 per share on Monday, March 14th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 10th.

E I Du Pont De Nemours And (NYSE:DD) opened at 51.46 on Thursday. E I Du Pont De Nemours And has a 1-year low of $47.11 and a 1-year high of $76.59. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $62.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.24. The stock has a market cap of $45.10 billion and a PE ratio of 16.26.

E I Du Pont De Nemours And (NYSE:DD) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 26th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.02. The company earned $5.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.53 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.57 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that E I Du Pont De Nemours And will post $3.09 EPS for the current year.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on DD. Deutsche Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a $85.00 price objective (up from $70.00) on shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And in a research note on Thursday, December 10th. Wells Fargo upgraded shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 14th. Jefferies Group cut shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $75.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Monday, December 14th. Vetr upgraded shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And from a “strong sell” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $70.77 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 14th. Finally, Alembic Global Advisors restated a “neutral” rating and set a $65.00 price objective on shares of E I Du Pont De Nemours And in a research note on Tuesday, December 15th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. E I Du Pont De Nemours And presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $66.47.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) is a science and technology-based company. The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates conduct manufacturing, seed production or selling activities and distribute products manufactured by the Company. The Company’s segments include Agriculture, Electronics & Communications, Industrial Biosciences, Nutrition & Health, Performance Materials and Safety & Protection. The Company’s other business operations include various embryonic businesses, such as pre-commercial programs and non-aligned businesses. DuPont conducts research and development (R&D) programs across multiple fields, including biology, chemistry, engineering and materials science. The Company’s brands include Pioneer, DuPont Teflon, Capstone, Opteon yf, Isceon, Suva, Vazo, Vertrel, Virkon, Viton, Zyron and Bynel coextrudable adhesive resins, Elvax EVA resins, DuPont Kevlar, Nomex and Tyvek.

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