Dow Inc. (DOW - Free Report) reported $10.73 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 24%. EPS of $0.48 for the same period compares to $1.11 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.50% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.68 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.43, the EPS surprise was +11.63%.
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 compared to the $2.01 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -19.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Corporate: $111 million versus $72.41 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +48% change.
- Revenues- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $5.45 billion compared to the $5.86 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -25.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $3.04 billion compared to the $2.77 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -25.2% year over year.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $797 million versus $994.72 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: -$41 million versus -$69.84 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Performance Materials & Coatings: $372 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $267.59 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $155 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $61.68 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Dow Inc. here>>>Shares of Dow Inc. have returned -5.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Dow Inc. (DOW - Free Report) reported $10.73 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year decline of 24%. EPS of $0.48 for the same period compares to $1.11 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.50% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.68 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.43, the EPS surprise was +11.63%.
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 compared to the $2.01 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -19.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Corporate: $111 million versus $72.41 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +48% change.
- Revenues- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $5.45 billion compared to the $5.86 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -25.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $3.04 billion compared to the $2.77 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -25.2% year over year.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Packaging & Specialty Plastics: $797 million versus $994.72 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: -$41 million versus -$69.84 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Performance Materials & Coatings: $372 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $267.59 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure: $155 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $61.68 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Dow Inc. here>>>Shares of Dow Inc. have returned -5.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
This company targets millennial and Gen Z audiences, generating nearly $1 billion in revenue last quarter alone. A recent pullback makes now an ideal time to jump aboard. Of course, all our elite picks aren’t winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Nano-X Imaging which shot up +129.6% in little more than 9 months.
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