What does the company do?
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is a diversified chemical company. The Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural and other specialized products and services. The Company has 150 manufacturing sites in 35 countries and produces approximately 3,300 products. Dow operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Company is also engaged in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business primarily through its Liana Limited subsidiaries. In January 2009, the Company announced that its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) business was acquired by Lubrizol Corporation. In July 2008, JPS Industries Inc. completed the sale of its Stevens Roofing and Geomembrane business unit and related assets to Dow Building Solutions, a market-facing unit of Dow. In April 2009, the Company acquired Rohm and Haas Company.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Dow Chemical one-year sales: 43.31 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Chemicals - Major Diversified group: 84.24% - Dow Chemical one-year income: -1.41 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Chemicals - Major Diversified group: -396.00%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 43.31 Bil | 23.51 Bil | | Income | -1.41 Bil | -284.88 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Dow Chemical one-year sales growth: -30.30%.
Difference from the average for the Chemicals - Major Diversified group: -8.80 pct. pts. - Dow Chemical one-year income growth: -93.40%.
Difference from the average for the Chemicals - Major Diversified group: -45.60 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -30.30% | -21.50% | | Income Growth | -93.40% | -47.80% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Dow Chemical one-year net profit margin: -2.7%
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | -2.7% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 6.1% | | Industry | 0.9% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Dow Chemical debt/equity ratio: 1.14.
Difference from the average for the Chemicals - Major Diversified group: -3.39%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 1.14 | 1.18 |
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