Dow Past Earnings Performance

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Dow has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 17.3%, while the Chemicals industry saw earnings growing at 10.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 2.7% per year. Dow's return on equity is 6.1%, and it has net margins of 2.4%.

Key information

17.3%

Earnings growth rate

17.8%

EPS growth rate

Chemicals Industry Growth13.1%
Revenue growth rate2.7%
Return on equity6.1%
Net Margin2.4%
Next Earnings Update30 Jan 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Dow makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

BASE:DOW Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2443,1801,0521,388821
30 Jun 2443,0311,1411,336810
31 Mar 2443,5361,1871,318819
31 Dec 2344,6225781,269829
30 Sep 2345,8601,2961,237841
30 Jun 2349,2451,7311,221835
31 Mar 2353,4892,9011,256847
31 Dec 2256,9024,5581,333851
30 Sep 2259,4075,6751,373851
30 Jun 2260,1296,6151,423870
31 Mar 2258,3506,8541,431881
31 Dec 2154,9686,2791,313857
30 Sep 2151,3105,7861,348846
30 Jun 2146,1854,0831,376829
31 Mar 2140,6541,9651,352783
31 Dec 2038,5421,2161,368768
30 Sep 2038,040-2,3431,270727
30 Jun 2039,092-1,9841,152728
31 Mar 2041,752-1,6841,236754
31 Dec 1942,951-1,8101,385765
30 Sep 1944,6919741,380770
30 Jun 1946,5611,3211,562769
31 Mar 1948,0602,0831,632776
31 Dec 1849,6042,8061,659800
31 Dec 1743,730-1,4312,471803
31 Dec 1636,0991,0921,813745
31 Dec 1537,1016,0871,794730

Quality Earnings: DOW has a large one-off loss of $491.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: DOW's current net profit margins (2.4%) are lower than last year (2.8%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: DOW's earnings have grown by 17.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: DOW's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: DOW had negative earnings growth (-18.8%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Chemicals industry average (-6.6%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: DOW's Return on Equity (6.1%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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