Dow Chemical Co (DOW): Today's Featured Conglomerates Laggard
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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 $35.85 billion and is part of the
industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.1, equal to the average conglomerates industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Dow Chemical a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Dow Chemical as a
TheStreet Recommends
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
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