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

Dow Chemical was a winner within the chemicals industry, rising $0.40 (1.2%) to $33.09 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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 0.5%. By the end of trading, Dow Chemical rose $0.40 (1.2%) to $33.09 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4,441,775 shares of Dow Chemical exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,226,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $32.73-$33.24 after having opened the day at $32.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $32.69. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:

Methes Energies International

(

MEIL

), up 12.8%,

CVR Partners

(

UAN

), up 6.7%,

Flexible Solutions International

(

FSI

), up 6.2% and

Rentech

(

RTK

), up 4.6%.

The Dow Chemical Company manufactures and supplies chemical products for use as raw materials worldwide. Dow Chemical has a market cap of $39.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 1.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Dow Chemical a buy, 4 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 good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

On the negative front,

Ceres

(

CERE

), down 6.7%,

China Green Agriculture

(

CGA

), down 4.7%,

Solazyme

(

SZYM

), down 4.7% and

Synthesis Energy Sys

(

SYMX

), down 3.5% , were all laggards within the chemicals industry with

FMC Corporation

(

FMC

) 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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