DOW INC.

Dow Inc. (DOW) faces a challenging outlook with lowered price targets from UBS [5], a downgrade from JP Morgan to Neutral due to trade risks and rising costs [9], and negative commentary from Jim Cramer [4], [6]. The company announced job cuts [1], and its Q1 2025 consensus EPS estimate has been significantly reduced [2], resulting in a Zacks Rank of 5 (Strong Sell) [2], [8]. Despite a temporary stock boost from paused tariffs [2], the company's stock has underperformed [7], [8], [10] and was removed from the S&P 100 [10]. While DOW declared a $0.70 dividend [3] and is pursuing an advanced nuclear reactor project [7], [10], significant headwinds persist. DOW also successfully issued $1 billion in notes [11].