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This low-profile stock in the semiconductor supply chain has doubled this year. Wall Street still loves it

Cnbc · · 901 words · By Lisa Kailai Han
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“Shares of Qnity Electronics have doubled this year”
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While stock price history pages exist, the provided evidence snippets do not contain the specific price movements or percentages needed to confirm if the stock doubled this year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Qnity Electronics, Inc. (pronounced 'cue-ni-ty'), headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is a major provider of materials for the semiconductor manufacturing and electronics industries. The company's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnity_Electronics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kapton is a polyimide film used in flexible printed circuits (flexible electronics) and space blankets, which are used on spacecraft, satellites, and various space instruments. Invented by the DuPont …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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“Qnity Electronics, spun off from chemical giant DuPont de Nemours last November”
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Two independent web sources confirm that DuPont completed the separation of Qnity Electronics on November 1, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The DuPont Experimental Station is the largest research and development facility of DuPont, located on the banks of the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware. On the morning of January 24, 2007, Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont_Experimental_Station
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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“Shares of Qnity Electronics jumped 10% Tuesday after first-quarter profit and revenue both beat analysts' estimates.”
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One source reports shares rose 3.1 percent after fourth quarter 2025 earnings, while another mentions shares climbing Tuesday after Q1 results, but the specific '10%' jump is not explicitly corroborated and contradicts the '3.1 percent' figure in another report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Douglaston–Little Neck is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Queens. The community is located on the North Shore of Long Island, bordered to the east by the region…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglaston–Little_Neck,_Queens
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.08 for the quarter, well above analyst forecasts of $0.58. Revenue reached $1.31 billion, rising 18% year-on-year from $1.12 billion in the same period l…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/qnity-elec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Q (Qnity Electronics) shares gain 3.1 percent after fourth quarter 2025 earnings outperform analyst expectations by a wide margin. - Open Stock Picks. 24 Apr.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“In its last quarter, Qnity earned an adjusted $1.08 per share on $1.32 billion in revenue”
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Multiple sources (Benzinga and another news report) confirm adjusted EPS of $1.08 and revenue of approximately $1.31-$1.32 billion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kapton is a polyimide film used in flexible printed circuits (flexible electronics) and space blankets, which are used on spacecraft, satellites, and various space instruments. Invented by the DuPont …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Qnity Electronics, Inc. (pronounced 'cue-ni-ty'), headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is a major provider of materials for the semiconductor manufacturing and electronics industries. The company's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnity_Electronics
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“analysts polled by FactSet were expecting earnings of 92 cents per share and revenue of $1.27 billion”
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Benzinga reports the 92 cent estimate was topped, and a Zacks Consensus Estimate source explicitly pins the earnings estimate at 92 cents per share.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electrical resistivity (also called volume resistivity or specific electrical resistance) is a fundamental specific property of a material that measures its electrical resistance or how strongly it re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_resistivity_and_con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_1000_Index
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity Electronics, Inc. Q is set to report first-quarter 2026 results on May 12, before the market opens. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for first-quarter earnings is pinned at 92 cents per share.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/qnity-gear…
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“The company also hiked its full-year earnings and revenue guidance versus prior forecasts.”
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Multiple sources confirm Qnity raised its full-year 2026 guidance for both revenue and profit following Q1 results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity Electronics Inc (Q) reports robust sales growth, strategic collaborations with tech giants, and expansion in manufacturing capabilities, despite facing industry challenges.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/qnity-elec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity™, the Qnity Node Logo and all trademarks and service marks designated with ™, ℠ or ® are owned by affiliates of Qnity Electronics, Inc. unless otherwise noted.
https://ir.qnityelectronics.com/financial-information/financ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity Electronics raises its 2026 full-year guidance after reporting Q1 net sales of $1.315 billion, an 18% increase year-over-year.
https://trendonify.com/news/sec-filings/qnity-electronics-ra…
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“Week to date, the stock is up nearly 13%.”
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web search NEUTRAL — From smaller, smarter and faster electronics to brilliant display and packaging solutions, Qnity provides industry-leading technologies to enable the smartphone industry.
https://www.qnityelectronics.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 3, 2025 · DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it completed the separation of its electronics business into an independent public company, Qnity Electronics, Inc. ("Qnity"), on November 1, 2025.
https://www.investors.dupont.com/news-and-media/press-releas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2025 · Stay updated on DuPont’s spin-off of Qnity Electronics. Learn about the timeline, financial structure, liabilities, and what shareholders need to know before the November 1, 2025 distrib…
https://www.tradingcalendar.com/post/dupont-qnity-spinoff
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“Shares started off the year at $81.65 each, and have since nearly doubled to close at $168.36 on Tuesday.”
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While historical data pages are listed, the specific price points ($81.65 and $168.36) are not present in the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — A complete stock price history for Qnity Electronics, Inc. (Q) stock, starting from its first trading day. Includes open, high, low, close and volume.
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/q/history/
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover historical prices for Q stock on Yahoo Finance. View daily, weekly or monthly format back to when Qnity Electronics, Inc. stock was issued.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/Q/history/
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web search NEUTRAL — Qnity™, the Qnity Node Logo and all trademarks and service marks designated with ™, ℠ or ® are owned by affiliates of Qnity Electronics, Inc. unless otherwise noted.
https://ir.qnityelectronics.com/stock-data/historical-data
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“Goldman Sachs: buy rating, price target $165”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Goldman Sachs' rating or price target for Qnity Electronics.
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“Schneider's new target, up from $130”
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No evidence was found regarding an analyst named James Schneider or a target increase from $130 to $165.
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“Mizuho: outperform, $170”
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“Mizuho's new target, raised from $150”
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“Wolfe Research: outperform, $175”
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“Wolfe Research's price target, hiked from $153”
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“Oppenheimer: outperform, $175”
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“The firm lifted its price target from $150.”
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“Q drove high quality 1Q26 beat across revenue/EBITDA/EPS (3%/7%/21% above estimates)”
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“revenue midpoint raised +4.5% vs. prior”
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“Deutsche Bank: buy, $180”
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“Deutsche Bank's target, up from $170”
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“raising its full-year growth outlook to +11% (from +7% y/y prior)”
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“BMO Capital Markets: outperform, $180”
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“RBC Capital Markets: outperform, $200”
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“Analyst Arun Viswanathan's forecast, up from $150”
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“Interconnect (ICS) which grew > 20% in Q1”
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