Basic Materials
Dow Inc.(DOW)
Live Price
Offline$31.73
-2.37% today
1Y Change
+13.09%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $29.41B
- Revenue Growth
- -7.0%
- EPS Growth
- -335.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.3%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Dow Inc. (DOW) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $29.41B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $31.73 and up 13.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -7.0%, EPS growth of -335.7%, a dividend yield of 4.3%. What stands out right now is revenue -7.0%, EPS -335.7%, free cash flow -858.3% with operating margin 0.4% and ROIC -1.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines DOW price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-7.0% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+0.4% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q2 2026 was reported on Apr 23, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +51.7%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -7.0% and EPS is at -335.7%, with operating margin around 0.4%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 21, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 2 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 Apr 23, 2026 | +51.7% | +0.3% | +5.1% | -6.8% |
Q1 2026 Mar 17, 2026 | +54.8% | +2.1% | +3.8% | +5.2% |
Benchmark Edge
DOW vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
DOW
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DOW Max Drawdown
-32.01%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DOW and SPY.
Company Overview
Dow Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Inc. provides various materials science solutions for packaging, infrastructure, mobility, and consumer applications in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It operates through Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials & Coatings segments. The Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment provides ethylene, and propylene and aromatics products; and polyethylene, polyolefin elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate, and ethylene propylene diene monomer rubbers. The Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure segment offers ethylene oxides, propylene oxides, propylene glycol and polyether polyols, aromatic isocyanates and polyurethane systems, coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, and composites. This segment also provides caustic soda, and ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomers; and cellulose ethers, redispersible latex powders, and acrylic emulsions. The Performance Materials and Coatings segment provides architectural paints and coatings, and industrial coatings that are used in maintenance and protective industries, wood, metal packaging, traffic markings, thermal paper, and leather; performance silicones and specialty materials; and silicone feedstocks and intermediates. It also engages in property and casualty insurance, as well as reinsurance business. Dow Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Midland, Michigan.
- Leadership
- James R. Fitterling
- IPO Date
- Mar 20, 2019
- Employees
- 36.0k
- Street Address
- 2211 H.H. Dow Way
- Mailing
- Midland, MI, 48674
- Region
- Midland, MI, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 989 636 1000
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
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- EV/EBITDA
- 53.5
- Price/Sales
- 0.7
- Price/Book
- 1.9
Growth
- Revenue
- -7.0%
- EPS
- -335.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -858.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 6.3%
- Operating Margin
- 0.4%
- Net Margin
- -6.1%
- ROE
- -16.7%
- ROIC
- -1.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.29
- Current Ratio
- 0.44
Ownership & Float
- Float
- 718.94M
- Short Interest
- 4.1%
- Insider Owned
- 0.2%
- Institutional Owned
- 73.9%
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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