Dow Chemical Co (DOW): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner

Dow Chemical was a winner within the chemicals industry, rising 81 cents (2.8%) to $30.11 on average volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Dow Chemical

(

DOW

) pushed the Chemicals industry higher today making it today's featured chemicals winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.7%. By the end of trading, Dow Chemical rose 81 cents (2.8%) to $30.11 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7.5 million shares of Dow Chemical exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.4 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $29.30-$30.15 after having opened the day at $29.38 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.30. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:

Altair Nanotechnologies

(

ALTI

), up 14.9%,

Braskem

(

BAK

), up 7.6%,

Rentech

(

RTK

), up 6.6%, and

Lightbridge

(

LTBR

), up 6.5%.

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The Dow Chemical Company manufactures and supplies chemical products used as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services worldwide. Dow Chemical has a market cap of $35.43 billion and is part of the conglomerates sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 1.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are two analysts that rate Dow Chemical a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Dow Chemical as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

American Vanguard Corporation

(

AVD

), down 8.2%,

GSE

(

GSE

), down 6.5%,

TOR Minerals International

(

TORM

), down 5%, and

Synthesis Energy Sys

(

SYMX

), down 3.2%, were all laggards within the chemicals industry with

Williams Partners

(

WPZ

) being today's chemicals industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the chemicals industry could consider

Materials Select Sector SPDR

(

XLB

) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider

ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd

(

SBM

).

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