DOW · Basic Materials
What a holder would want to know before buying DOW: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 38% above the lowest point of the past year and 32% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 37% of days and more expensive on 63%. Over the last 8 years: cheaper on 10% of days.
12% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more twice in 8 years. The deepest fall was 71%; the longest took 21 months to get back to its peak. 1 of 2 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 60% below the May 2021 peak.
Dow Inc. · Basic Materials · Chemicals · a large company worth $20.53B
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,…
revenue profit
Sales of $39.97B in 2025, and a loss of $2.62B. Sales grew in 0 of the last 3 years.
Loses money on its sales at the moment.
Would need about 82 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
Not profitable over the last year. You pay $16 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 4.90% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 31.
19 analysts: 5 say buy, 13 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $33.63 (range $29.00–$41.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 6 months.
Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.
Poshkan is paper trading: real prices, virtual money. Buy DOW with $10,000 that isn’t real, set a stop before you enter, and find out what your idea would actually have done.
Data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed hourly. Nothing here is financial advice. Poshkan is a paper-trading simulator — all money, trades and returns are virtual.