DuPont (DD) Stock Rises After Q1 Earnings Beat and Guidance Raise

TLDR

• DuPont posted Q1 adjusted EPS of 55 cents, beating the 48-cent Wall Street estimate
• Net sales came in at $1.68 billion, slightly above the $1.67 billion consensus
• Full-year EPS guidance raised to $2.35–$2.40, up from $2.25–$2.30
• DuPont is launching a $275 million accelerated share repurchase “immediately”
• The company is pricing in ~1% to offset higher input costs tied to the Iran conflict

DuPont (DD) stock rose 1.6% to $46.15 in premarket trading Tuesday after the materials and chemicals company beat Q1 earnings estimates and lifted its full-year outlook.

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Adjusted EPS came in at 55 cents, well ahead of the 48-cent consensus from FactSet. Net sales rose to $1.68 billion, from $1.61 billion a year earlier, and edged past the $1.67 billion estimate.

On a reported basis, DuPont swung to a profit of $161 million, or 39 cents a share, compared to a loss of $589 million, or $1.40 a share, in the same quarter last year.

It’s worth noting that prior-year figures aren’t a clean comparison. DuPont spun off its electronics business, Qnity Electronics, which affects the year-over-year numbers.

The Q1 results also include a three-cent-per-share contribution from discontinued operations related to the divestiture of its Aramids business, which closed April 1.

Guidance Gets a Lift

For the full year, DuPont now expects adjusted EPS of $2.35 to $2.40, up from the prior range of $2.25 to $2.30. Net sales guidance was raised to $7.16–$7.22 billion, from $7.08–$7.14 billion.

Both the new EPS and sales guidance sit above the current Wall Street consensus of $2.27 a share on $7.10 billion in sales.

For Q2, DuPont guided for adjusted EPS of around 59 cents on sales of about $1.8 billion. Analysts were expecting 58 cents on $1.8 billion, so that’s roughly in line.

CEO Lori Koch pointed to organic growth, margin expansion, and double-digit adjusted EPS growth as highlights of the quarter. CFO Antonella Franzen noted that the full-year outlook now factors in about 4% organic growth, including roughly 1% of pricing to offset higher input costs tied to the conflict in Iran.

Buyback and Segment Performance

DuPont also announced a $275 million accelerated share repurchase, set to launch immediately. This is part of a broader $2 billion buyback authorization the board approved in November, which included a $500 million accelerated tranche.

On the segment level, Healthcare & Water Technologies grew sales 6% year over year, with profit margins expanding 1.1 percentage points. The Diversified Industrials segment posted 3% sales growth, also with a 1.1 percentage point margin improvement.

DD stock had been down roughly 9% since the start of the Iran war on February 28, as investors weighed the effect of higher oil prices on input costs. Coming into Tuesday, the stock was still up 13% year to date and 66% over the past 12 months.

The Q2 outlook of 59 cents adjusted EPS on $1.8 billion in sales is the company’s most recent forward-looking data point.

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