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FY2026 Q2
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DuPont de Nemours, Inc. earnings call
Buzzberg read
Raised full-year guidance again on strong Q2 performance
DuPont delivered a strong Q2 2026, beating its own guidance and raising its full-year outlook. The company highlighted broad-based growth in key markets like healthcare, aerospace, and industrial water, despite headwinds from the Middle East and oil and gas inflation. Management emphasized its operational excellence program and strategic focus on innovation as key drivers of margin expansion and growth. Raised full-year 2026 guidance for organic sales growth (slightly ahead of 4%), operating EBITDA ($1.760B at midpoint), and adjusted EPS ($7.24 at midpoint).
Buzzberg read Raised full-year guidance again on strong Q2 performance DuPont delivered a strong Q2 2026, beating its own guidance and raising its full-year outlook. The company highlighted broad-based growth in key markets like healthcare, aerospace, and industrial water, despite headwinds from the Middle East and oil and gas inflation. Management emphasized its operational excellence program and strategic focus on innovation as key drivers of margin expansion and growth. Raised full-year 2026 guidance for organic sales growth (slightly ahead of 4%), operating EBITDA ($1.760B at midpoint), and adjusted EPS ($7.24 at midpoint). Read full analysisCollapse analysis
DuPont delivered a strong Q2 2026, beating its own guidance and raising its full-year outlook. The company highlighted broad-based growth in key markets like healthcare, aerospace, and industrial water, despite headwinds from the Middle East and oil and gas inflation. Management emphasized its operational excellence program and strategic focus on innovation as key drivers of margin expansion and growth. Raised full-year 2026 guidance for organic sales growth (slightly ahead of 4%), operating EBITDA ($1.760B at midpoint), and adjusted EPS ($7.24 at midpoint).
- Second quarter organic sales grew 4%, with double-digit growth in healthcare, industrial water, aerospace, and EV battery applications.
- Reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $1.88, up 21% year-over-year, and operating EBITDA margin expansion of 80 basis points to 24.6%.
- Expects Q3 2026 net sales of $1.835 billion, operating EBITDA of $448 million, and adjusted EPS in the range of $1.80-$1.90.
Revenue$1.819B+8% QoQ
EPS$1.88+14% QoQ
Gross margin35.13%Reported
Operating margin14.07%Reported
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What matters now
The highest-signal changes from the call.
Cash Flow
Expect free cash flow conversion ahead of 90% target
AI
AI accelerates sales plays to four weeks
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AI
AI-driven sales win rate improved to 30%
Operations
80-20 initiatives deliver second-half EBITDA benefits
Demand
Expects second-half organic growth of ~6%
Reported period
Actuals
| Metric | Reported | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.819B | +8% QoQ |
| EPS | $1.88 | +14% QoQ |
| Gross margin | 35.13% | Reported |
| Operating margin | 14.07% | Reported |
| Free cash flow | $0.245B | Reported |
| Capex | $0.076B | Reported |
Forward-looking
Forward guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Midpoint | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | FY2026 | $7.24 | $7.24 | Raised |
| Operating margin | FY2026 | 24.5% | 24.5% | Raised |
| Revenue | FY2026 | $7.175B | $7.175B | Raised |
AI, capex & demand read
Management read
Confident
Management expressed confidence in their operational improvements and raised full-year guidance, highlighting strong execution and a robust pipeline for growth.
Management AI read
Management discussed using AI to accelerate sales plays, reducing time-to-market from a couple of months to four weeks, and is exploring AI and automation in operations for potential improvements in reliability, maintenance, and quality.
Investment and capacity
No specific capital expenditure guidance was provided; however, management indicated no incremental capital is required for the new lithium extraction product line, and they are focused on improving asset utilization and capacity within existing footprint through 80-20 initiatives.
External signals
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DuPont's third-quarter 2026 outlook includes a sequential $50 million sales lift from pricing actions already taken, indicating successful price-cost mitigation for oil and gas inflation.
Evidence
“Our third quarter expectations include a sequential $50 million sales lift from Q2 related to pricing actions already taken”
Despite the Middle East weakness, DuPont's industrial water and semiconductor markets grew double digits, and the rest of the world grew mid-single digits, highlighting strong structural demand outside of conflicted regions.
Evidence
“Outside of the Middle East, organic sales increased mid-single digits percent in the quarter.”
DuPont's EV battery business is now nearly 50% of its ~$900 million automotive portfolio, with the battery business seeing double-digit growth in Europe specifically.
Evidence
“So of our whole $900 million automotive portfolio, that EV portion is nicely butting up to almost 50% of it.”
DuPont's new 80-20 program is expected to contribute a few million dollars in EBITDA for the second half of 2026, primarily from manufacturing yield improvements and resource reallocation.
Evidence
“We have a few million of benefit in the second half from an EBITDA perspective”
Methodology & coverage
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