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Dow Chemical Company

Dow Chemical Company primarily operates in the chemical sector. The global chemical companies gained over the past 10 years on average 72 percent. Over the past 5 years the sector is 20 percent higher.

The past year was a profitable year Dow Chemical Company investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in Dow Chemical Company. The stock gained around 18 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 127 percent. Dow Chemical Company's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 56,79 billion dollars and 48,78 billion dollars. Dow Chemical Company's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between 2,78 billion dollars and 7,78 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Dow Chemical Company's dividend return over the period 2011 - 2015 was around 6,64 percent per year.

Dow Chemical Company' balance mostly financed with equity

As per the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet equaled 68,03 billion dollars. 42,65 billion dollars (62,7 percent of the total balance sheet) was financed by debt. As per the end of 2015 Dow Chemical Company's price/earnings-ratio equaled 7. So investors paid for 1 stock 7 times the earnings per share of 2015. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the chemical company equaled around 55,77 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 1,12 billion stocks listed.

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