The Chemours Company

Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials

Also trades as: 0HWG.L

Price

$15.97

+0.28 (+1.78%)

Market Cap

$2.40B

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Data not available

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Mixed

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Share count falling — buybacks

−10.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 168.7M (2021) → 150.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Chemours is a chemical company that makes specialty materials used in many everyday products. Its biggest business is titanium dioxide, a white pigment used in paints, coatings, and plastics. It also makes Teflon-branded fluoropolymers — the slippery coating found on cookware and industrial equipment — and refrigerant gases used in air conditioners and cars. Chemours was spun off from DuPont in 2015 and inherited several of DuPont's core chemical businesses.

Chemours sells its products to manufacturers around the world, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. It earns revenue by selling chemicals in bulk, so profits are sensitive to commodity pricing cycles and raw material costs. The company carries significant debt and faces ongoing legal liabilities related to PFAS chemicals — a class of compounds linked to environmental contamination — which represents a major financial and regulatory risk that continues to weigh on its margins and balance sheet.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-1.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+28.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$108M/ year

→ Flat (-1% vs prior year)

1.9% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

1.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$841M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

The Chemours Company's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

18.0%

Thin — 18.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

-13.4%

Losing money on operations — -13.4%

Return on the money invested

ROCE

-5.6%

Weak — -5.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-1.4%

Shrinking sales (-1.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

2.2%

Thin free cash flow (2.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.22%

Moderate income — 2.22% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

-48.1%

Dividend cut (-48.1% YoY) — warning sign

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