Is DuPont de Nemours (DD) a Smart Long-term Buy?

Rhizome Partners recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 2.9% for the third quarter (net of fees), underperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 8.9% in the same quarter. You should check out Rhizome Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.

In the said letter, Rhizome Partners highlighted a few stocks and DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) is one of them. DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) is a chemical company. Year-to-date, DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) stock lost 1.2% and on November 13th it had a closing price of $63.42. Here is what Rhizome Partners said:

“Three out of four DuPont segments reported EBITDA margins of 27‐31%. The remaining segment suffered an 86% decline in EBITDA due to its exposure to auto and industrials. In aggregate, DuPont’s Q2 EBITDA declined by 14% versus the same quarter in 2019. This is a testament to DuPont’s portfolio of specialty products that can command pricing power even during the worst of the times.”

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This isn’t the first time Rhizome Partners talked about DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) favorably either. The investment firm has been a long time DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) bull. In April 2020, we shared Rhizome Partners’ bullish DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) thesis in this article.

In Q2 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) stock increased by about 19% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in DuPont’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that DuPont de Nemours Inc. (NYSE:DD) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.

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