Dow Inc DOW
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Dow Inc is a large-cap company in the Basic Materials sector (Chemicals), with a market value of $20.2B, based in the USA.
It employs about 32,800 people and has been listed since Mar 20, 2019.
Dow Inc., through its subsidiaries, 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. The company operates through Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials & Coatings segments. The Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment provides ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, and aromatics products; and other ethylene derivatives, such as polyolefin elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate, and ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber.
Cheap or expensive? no comparison basis
No valuation multiples are available for this asset.
Revenue is growing 20% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 33.62, 20% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 37% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is 33% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 6 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (5 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 20% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (5.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.2% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLB -1.9%).
This week's news
- APD Gains on Growth Project and Productivity Amid Helium Pricing Woes finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- DuPont Expands Sugar Separation Expertise With New Digital Tool finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Citi cautious on Dow and LyondellBasell: demand weakness caps polyethylene upside finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- Dow, LyondellBasell downgraded at Citi on weak chemical demand seekingalpha.com · 2026-09-30
- Target upgraded, Moderna downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- Dow Inc. (DOW) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
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