At the time of writing, Dow Inc [DOW] stock is trading at $40.40, up 0.80%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The DOW shares have gain 2.51% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.13%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Dow Inc [NYSE: DOW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 07, 2025, when Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also revised its price target to $53 from $60. Previously, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 18, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $56. On April 26, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $61 on the stock. Wolfe Research started tracking the stock assigning a Peer Perform rating. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $60 on January 16, 2024. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on January 10, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $58. In a note dated October 27, 2023, Argus downgraded an Hold rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Dow Inc fluctuated between $38.33 and $60.69. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $53.86 within the next 12 months. Dow Inc [NYSE: DOW] shares were valued at $40.40 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 33.32% based on the average DOW price forecast.
Analyzing the DOW fundamentals
According to Dow Inc [NYSE:DOW], the company’s sales were 43.18B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.39% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.11% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.98.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 40.10 points at the first support level, and at 39.81 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 40.73, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 41.07.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Dow Inc [NYSE:DOW] has a current ratio of 1.66. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.04, and the Cash Ratio is 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.66, the price to book ratio is 1.54 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 27.08.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Banister Gaurdie E. JR., Director, that happened on Dec 13 ’24 when 7339.0 shares were purchased. Chair and CEO, Fitterling James R completed a deal on Dec 12 ’24 to buy 14200.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chair and CEO Fitterling James R bought 11400.0 shares on Dec 12 ’24.
