Dow Inc
- Industry
- Diversified Industrials
- Exchange
- US
- Country
- USA
- IPO date
- Mar 20, 2019
- Employees
- 34,600
- Website
- www.dow.com
Composite valuation range · conservative $15–$22 / fair $28–$38 / optimistic $45–$60. At $28.75, Within the fair intrinsic-value range.
At publication $34.77 (May 29, 2026)
Data from EODHD, shown in the reporting currency; for reference only, not investment advice.
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. The Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure segment offers polyurethanes, including propylene oxide, propylene glycol, and polyether polyols; aromatic isocyanates and fully formulated polyurethane systems; and chlor-alkali and vinyl comprising chlorine and caustic soda, ethylene dichloride, and vinyl chloride monomer; and construction chemicals consisting of cellulose ethers, redispersible latex powders, and acrylic emulsions, as well as coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, and composites. The Performance Materials & Coatings segment provides architectural paints and coatings, and industrial coatings; and acrylics-based building blocks, silicon metals, siloxanes, and intermediates. The company also engages in the property and casualty insurance, as well as reinsurance business. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Midland, Michigan.
History
Dow Inc. is a materials science company founded in 1897 and headquartered in Midland, Michigan. It became a separately listed company with an IPO on March 20, 2019. Dow operates through three reporting segments: Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials & Coatings. In 2025 the company recorded sales of about $40 billion, with the three segments generating roughly $19.97 billion, $11.16 billion, and $8.13 billion in revenue (approximately 50% / 28% / 20% of the total); at its 2021 peak, sales reached about $55 billion with Operating EBIT of about $9.5 billion. Through a 2025 cyclical downturn the company took a series of defensive actions: it cut its quarterly dividend by 50% in mid-2025, raised about $3 billion in cash through the Diamond Infrastructure Solutions transactions in 2024-2025, deferred large projects, announced the closure of three upstream assets in Europe, and launched the Transform to Outperform program in 2026 involving about 4,500 roles. Effective July 1, 2026, Karen S. Carter is to become CEO and Jim Fitterling is to transition to executive chairman. As of the latest data the company employed about 34,600 people.
Industry position
Dow operates in the basic materials / chemicals industry as a global producer of polyolefins, polyurethanes, intermediates, coatings, and silicone materials, serving end markets that include packaging, infrastructure, mobility, construction, automotive, electronics, and consumer applications across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Its Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment holds what the company describes as the industry's broadest polyolefin product portfolio, with differentiation drawn from proprietary catalysts and manufacturing processes, broad low-cost feedstock positions, global scale, and a fully integrated ethylene-to-polyethylene chain. The company competes in a global, multi-oligopoly market against peers including Chevron Phillips, ExxonMobil, INEOS, LyondellBasell, SABIC, Shell, Sinopec, BASF, Eastman, Arkema, Wacker, and Shin-Etsu. Dow holds a large patent portfolio, with approximately 3,900 active U.S. patents and 25,800 active foreign patents as of the end of 2025. Its customer base is diversified with no significant reliance on a single customer; sales are made largely through its own sales force, mostly under short-term contracts with payment terms generally of 30 to 60 days.