Company data sheet · Dow
Dow: left behind by its peers.
- Industry
- Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- DOW (NYSE)
- Sources
- SEC filings (2018–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue grew 10% in US dollars; the median among 181 large manufacturers grew 49%. It outgrew only 20% of them.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $40 billion in 2025, 30% below its 2022 peak of $56.9 billion.
- Four decisions on record. Stratrix has verified four of Dow's big decisions, each with what happened next.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $49.6 billion | $4.8 billion | |
| 2019 | $43 billion | −$1.3 billion | |
| 2020 | $38.5 billion | $1.3 billion | |
| 2021 | $55 billion | $6.4 billion | |
| 2022 | $56.9 billion | $4.6 billion | |
| 2023 | $44.6 billion | $0.7 billion | |
| 2024 | $43 billion | $1.2 billion | |
| 2025 | $40 billion | −$2.4 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
- 2025Dow Calls Itself a Specialty Chemical Company. The Spread Cycle Disagrees.
- 2017Dow Spent 120 Years Expanding. The Endgame Was Splitting Into Three.
- 2015DowDuPont Was Built to Break Apart: The Three-Way Split Was the Plan From Day One
- 2008Dow Spent $18.8 Billion Becoming a Specialty Company. Then It Gave the Specialty Away.
The full data sheet · Data Plan
Everything behind these findings, ready for your board deck.
- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 24 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (21 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 264 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
- Methods and sources, so each number can be checked and cited.
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