For the quarter ended March 2025, Dow Inc. (DOW) reported revenue of $10.43 billion, down 3.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.02, compared to $0.56 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.55% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.27 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.02, the EPS surprise was +200.00%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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: $2.07 billion compared to the $2.07 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.8% year over year.
- Revenues- Corporate: $195 million compared to the $176.62 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $5.31 billion versus $5.18 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.2% change.
- Revenues- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $2.86 billion versus $2.85 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.1% change.
- Operating EBITDA- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $702 million versus $665.69 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Operating EBITDA- Corporate: -$25 million versus -$70.89 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Operating EBITDA- Performance Materials & Coatings: $249 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $216.75 million.
- Operating EBITDA- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $18 million compared to the $134.79 million average estimate based on five analysts.
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Shares of Dow Inc. have returned -18.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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