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DuPont Divulges: Fool by Numbers

By Motley Fool Contributors – Updated Nov 15, 2016 at 1:21AM

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Fast facts the Fool way.

On Jan. 23, E.I. DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) -- just call 'em DuPont -- released fourth-quarter earnings for the period ended Dec. 31.

  • Revenues for the conglomerate rose 7.7%. A decline in U.S. volume was attributed to a slump in the residential construction and automotive markets.

  • Flat fixed costs and improved operating results in the coatings and color technologies and performance materials platforms helped drive net margins higher.

  • The company affirmed EPS guidance for 2007 of roughly $3.15.

  • Our Motley Fool CAPS community is firmly in the middle of the road on DuPont's future, with 213 total players collectively assigning the stock a three-star rating.

(Figures in millions, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change

Sales

$6,276

$5,827

7.7%

Net Profit

$871

$154

465.6%

EPS

$0.94

$0.16

487.5%

Diluted Shares

928.0

948.3

(2.1%)



Get back to basics with a look at the income statement.

Margin Checkup

Q4 2006

Q4 2005

Change*

Gross Margin

18.5%

19.3%

(0.8)

Operating Margin

8.0%

5.4%

2.6

Net Margin

13.9%

2.6%

11.2

*Expressed in percentage points.

Margins are the earnings engine. See how they work.

Balance Sheet Highlights
Though the earnings release was a mind-numbing 4,597 words in length, the word "cash" was not in it -- nor was any other balance sheet information.

Learn the ways of the balance sheet.

Cash Flow Highlights
Likewise, no cash flow statement. Grrr.

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