Dow Inc. (DOW) reported $10.1 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 7.4%. EPS of -$0.42 for the same period compares to $0.68 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.68% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.28 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.11, the EPS surprise was -281.82%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Dow Inc. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Performance Materials & Coatings: $2.13 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.14 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.1%.
- Revenues- Corporate: $164 million compared to the $181.29 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -20.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $5.03 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $5.25 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.9%.
- Revenues- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $2.79 billion versus $2.83 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.6% change.
- Operating EBITDA- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $440 million versus $588.73 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating EBITDA- Corporate: $-49 million versus $-55.27 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating EBITDA- Performance Materials & Coatings: $344 million versus $276.22 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating EBITDA- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $-32 million compared to the $47.79 million average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Dow Inc. have returned +13.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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