E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE:DD)

In the long-term, moribund management practices & leadership's fear of risk-taking will dominate.

DuPont (DP) is successfully overcoming hurdles it was facing in past and is on path of success in years to come. The company’s innovative and commercialized new products are performing well. In fiscal 2006, products less than five years old contributed over one-third of total revenues and thus helping DP to maintain pricing power which it’s enjoying since three years. Moreover diversified geographic spread enables it to offset economic downturns in some of it markets.

In fiscal 2006, softness in the North American housing and automotive markets was more than offset by double-digit growth in emerging markets with 22% and 39% growth in fourth-quarter sales in China and Eastern Europe respectively. For the same period, DP's revenues improved by 2% to $28.98 billion reflecting an increase in sales from the Coatings & Color Technologies segment, higher sales from Electronic & communication Technologies Segments and increased other income.

DP's plan to reduce fixed costs by $1 billion by the end of 2008 is advancing ahead of schedule, as evident in fiscal 2006, fixed costs as a percentage of sales fell to 42.5% from 44.5% in previous year. Thus it will help company to reduce the company's overall operating leverage and make it less vulnerable from negative effects of expected economic downturn.

DP has realized that new technology in seeds requires a more dedicated and sophisticated sales force and thus it is revamping its agriculture sales structure. Now there will be 35 agronomists to support sales managers and it will work directly with 1,600 retailers and use distributors for logistical support only.

Oil and natural gas prices are likely to moderate in the second half of fiscal 2007, which will reaccelerate growth and margins of commodity and specialty chemical firms like DP. Thus considering all factors DP is expected to grow at a reasonable rate to will strengthen its position in world market.

Good solid company

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diversification to the ethanol

Dupont is a lifetime stock, safe as they come

I believe DuPont has joined in the R&D of hydrogen fuel cell technology. This should prove beneficial for them once this technology is widely adapted.

This cyclical is going to outperform due to its food/ag and bio-fuels thrusts

new 52 week high but oil prices falling

Look at this company, they have their hands in just about everything that the public is passionate about.

There is a lot of insider buying going on at Dupont. They have to be buying for a reason. This stock is going to climb in '07. Stick with it. I'm backin up the truck.

Another Mad Money pick by Jim Cramer. Well positioned for long term growth due to its globalization.

A great long term stock that is internationa.

over valued

Blue Chip Industrial

DD is THE chem co to have

solid company

VL

more diversified than get credit for