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How to buy Dow (DOW) stocks

Learn how to easily invest in Dow stocks.

Dow

NYSE: DOW-USD

About 10 hours ago

$56.74

-$0.25 (-0.44%)

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Dow is a chemicals business based in the US. Dow shares (DOW.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $56.99 – an increase of 0.58% over the previous day. Dow employs 35,900 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $44.6 billion.

How to buy shares in Dow

Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our stock trading platform picks below can help you choose.
Open your account. Provide your personal information and sign up.
Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform for stock code: DOW in this case.
Research stocks. The platform should provide the latest information available.
Buy your stocks. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares. It's that simple.

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Is it a good time to buy Dow stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of DOW stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Dow's shares have ranged in value from as little as $46.04 up to $60.69. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Dow's is 1.306. This would suggest that Dow's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Historical closes compared with the last close of $56.99

1 week (2024-04-16)	0.30%
1 month (2024-03-21)	-1.20%
3 months (2024-01-23)	7.35%
6 months (2023-10-23)	15.74%
1 year (2023-04-23)	2.89%
2 years (2022-04-21)	-16.80%
3 years (2021-04-22)	-8.24%
5 years (2019-04-23)	1.80%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

Is Dow under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Dow P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Dow's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 69x. In other words, Dow stocks trade at around 69x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Dow's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7804. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Dow's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Dow's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $5.2 billion ($7.1 billion CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Dow's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

- Dividend yield
- Forward yield
Dividend yield: 4.92% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 4.92% of stock value

Dow has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 4.92% of its share value annually.

Dow has paid out, on average, around 125% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.92% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 4.92% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Dow's case, that would currently equate to about 2.8 per share.

Dow's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Dow's most recent dividend payout was on 13 June 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 29 May 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
It's as easy to sell Dow as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Dow stocks that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Dow shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Dow financials

Revenue TTM	$44.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.18%
Gross profit TTM	$8.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.78%
Return on equity TTM	3.27%
Profit margin	1.32%
Book value	$26.50
Market capitalisation	$40.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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How to buy Dow (DOW) stocks