Dow Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Dow ratio analysis
Dow earned a net margin of -6.1% in FY 2025, down from 2.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 6.3% compared with a median of 14.9% over the prior 8 years. Return on equity reached -15.3%, meaning Dow generated -0.15 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.13 versus 0.93 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.97. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Dow financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | — | 25.10 | 66.88 | 8.02 | 6.77 | 33.84 | — | — | — |
| Price / sales | 0.43 | 0.65 | 0.87 | 0.64 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 0.91 | — | — |
| Price / book | 1.08 | 1.60 | 2.08 | 1.75 | 2.32 | 3.31 | 2.87 | — | — |
| Gross margin | 6.3% | 10.7% | 10.9% | 15.1% | 19.6% | 13.5% | 14.7% | 17.2% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | -6.1% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 8.2% | 11.7% | 3.4% | -3.0% | 9.6% | 1.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | -3.6% | -0.1% | 6.4% | 9.9% | 10.0% | 12.9% | 9.2% | 4.4% | -17.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -15.3% | 6.9% | 3.5% | 22.4% | 35.3% | 10.4% | -9.4% | 14.7% | 1.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -4.2% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 7.7% | 10.2% | 2.1% | -2.1% | 5.7% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.13 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.81 | 1.38 | 1.26 | 0.61 | — |
| Current ratio | 1.97 | 1.61 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 1.58 | 1.72 | 1.57 | 2.53 | — |
| Revenue growth | -7.0% | -3.7% | -21.6% | 3.5% | 42.6% | -10.3% | -13.4% | 13.4% | — |
| EPS growth | -335.7% | 91.5% | -86.9% | -25.1% | 411.0% | — | -129.6% | 935.0% | — |