Dow Chemical Co (DOW): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner
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Arabian American Development Company
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Flexible Solutions International
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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 $34.56 billion and is part of the conglomerates sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 0.2% 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
. Among the primary strengths of the company is its solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have evaluated. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
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