Sentiment · FY2026 Q1
What companies say about each other on earnings calls — extracted verbatim from public transcripts. Mentions from the newest quarter are a Pro feature.
“This morning, DuPont reported its third quarter performance, including the Electronics co-segment results, which do not include our full allocation of corporate costs or pro forma adjustments.”
Qnity spun off from DuPont on November 1; DuPont's Q3 report includes the Electronics co-segment that became Qnity, a read-through on the completed separation for DuPont.
“And yes, so we did have a settlement with the state of New Jersey, both for a specific site, which we did not own. It's a Chemours DuPont site, but there was some liability there as well as statewide claims.”
3M's New Jersey PFAS settlement covers a specific site it did not own that is jointly associated with DuPont and Chemours liability, alongside separate statewide claims.
“our portion is related to AFFF and compare it to the 3M announcement earlier in New Jersey in that the 5% range, so right in the middle of that 3% to 7%.”
DuPont benchmarks its AFFF-related share of the New Jersey PFAS settlement against 3M's earlier New Jersey settlement to show its liability lands within the expected 3%-7% range.
“So together with Corteva, we did that to ensure that Chemours had the ample liquidity to be able to make the payments over the next 5 years, and I think they were making statements that it covered them through 2030.”
DuPont acted jointly with Corteva to fund Chemours' liquidity needs for the New Jersey PFAS settlement, consistent with the three-party MOU governing shared legacy liabilities among the two spin-offs and DuPont.
“So together with Corteva, we did that to ensure that Chemours had the ample liquidity to be able to make the payments over the next 5 years, and I think they were making statements that it covered them through 2030.”
DuPont and Corteva provided Chemours rights to insurance proceeds to ensure it has sufficient liquidity to fund its share of the New Jersey PFAS settlement payments through 2030, under their existing three-party MOU.
“I still think that the industry - the semi-industry pure-plays are still probably the best peer set for us. So Entegris is still a good peer.”
DuPont's electronics-CEO-elect names Entegris as the best comparable peer for valuing the upcoming Qnity electronics spin-off.
| Analyst | Firm | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| John McNulty | BMO Capital Markets | 12 (0%) |
| Scott Davis | Melius Research | 12 (0%) |
| Chris Parkinson | Wolfe Research | 11 (0%) |
| Josh Spector | UBS | 11 (36%) |
| Jeff Sprague | Vertical Research Partners | 10 (0%) |
| John Roberts | Mizuho Securities | 9 (11%) |
| Mike Sison | Wells Fargo | 9 (0%) |
| Dave Begleiter | Deutsche Bank | 8 (0%) |
| Patrick Cunningham | Citigroup | 8 (0%) |
| Vincent Andrews | Morgan Stanley | 7 (0%) |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Citigroup | 2 | 12 (0%) |
| Melius Research | 1 | 12 (0%) |
| BMO Capital Markets | 1 | 12 (0%) |
| Wolfe Research | 1 |
DuPont closed FY2025 with Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.46, up 18% year-over-year, and full-year adjusted EPS of $1.68, up 16%. Net sales were approximately flat on an organic basis after normalizing for a $30 million timing shift. New FY2026 guidance was introduced with net sales of approximately $7.1 billion, EBITDA of approximately $1.74 billion, and EPS of $2.25 to $2.30. Full-year operating EBITDA margin expanded 100 basis points, and the innovation engine continued driving margin uplift.
Demand | Revenue Growth | M&A | Competitive Dynamics | Margin | Cloud & AI | Capital Allocation | Trade Tariffs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025Q1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2025Q2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025Q3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2025Q4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2026Q1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| Revenue Growth | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| M&A | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Competitive Dynamics | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Margin | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Cloud & AI | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Capital Allocation | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Trade Tariffs | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 (0%) |
| UBS | 1 | 11 (36%) |
| Wells Fargo | 2 | 11 (0%) |
| Vertical Research Partners | 1 | 10 (0%) |
| Bank of America | 2 | 10 (10%) |
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
DD DuPont | 6 | -45.2% | |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation | 9 | +32.7% | |
| APD Air Products | 9 | +8.8% | |
| ECL Ecolab | 7 | +10.0% | |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances | 6 | -3.6% | |
| LIN Linde plc | 9 | +8.3% | |
| LYB LyondellBasell | 4 | -6.3% | |
| PPG PPG Industries | 6 | +6.7% | |
| SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company | 6 | +6.8% |