Dow Inc. (DOW) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Dow Inc. (DOW) closed at $28.02 on 25 September 2026, down 1.9%. That leaves it down 2.5% over a week, down 7.6% over a month and up 21.1% over a year. That is 33% of the way up its 52 week range of $20.65 to $42.74. The median analyst price target of $35 sits 24.9% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
DOW trades below both its 50 day average of $30.11 and its 200 day average of $31.91, the shape of a downtrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is -0.08, a stock that barely follows the market. It is 34.4% below its 52 week high and 35.7% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 9 firms recorded 10 actions on DOW: 8 kept a view, 1 downgrade and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 1 raised and 8 lowered. The most recent targets from 9 firms run from $28 to $45, with a median of $35, 24.9% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $32.00 to $30.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Keybanc | Initiates Coverage On Sector Weight | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $29.00 to $32.00 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Overweight | $42.00 to $40.00 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Equal-Weight | $41.00 to $39.00 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | BMO Capital | Maintains Market Perform | $46.00 to $33.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 22 October 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $0.68. The last report, on 23 July 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $1.44 against $1.24 expected, a beat of 16.1%, on revenue of $12.1 billion. Dow Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Dow Inc. shows revenue growth of -7.74%, a gross margin of 6.36%, an operating margin of -4.40% and a return on equity of -16.67%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | -7.7% | 21st |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 9th |
| Operating margin | -4.4% | 34th |
| Free cash flow margin | -0.6% | 40th |
| Return on equity | -16.7% | 32nd |
| Return on assets | -4.6% | 39th |
| Debt to equity | 1.26 | 81st |
| Current ratio | 1.85 | 66th |
| Effective tax rate | -2.8% | 14th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Dow Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Chief executive
- James R. Fitterling
- Employees
- 37,800
- Website
- dow.com
Dow Inc. provides various materials science solutions for consumer care, infrastructure, and packaging markets 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 and 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 oxide, 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, silicones, 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 monomers and silicones; standalone silicones; and home and personal care solutions. 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.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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