What is Dow's deferred tax assets?

Dow (DOW) reported deferred tax assets of $348.00M in Q1 2026.

How has Dow's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?

Dow's deferred tax assets decreased by 14.5% year-over-year, from $407.00M to $348.00M.

What is the long-term trend for Dow's deferred tax assets?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dow's deferred tax assets has grown at a -11.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.55B to $1.53B.

What does deferred tax assets mean?

Future tax savings that the company expects to realize due to past accounting differences or tax losses.

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '25

Non-Current Assets

Deferred Tax Assets

Dow Deferred Tax Assets decreased by 4.4% to $348.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 14.5%, from $407.00M to $348.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Deferred Tax Assets shows a downward trend with a -11.9% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.

Analysis

StatementBalance Sheet Statement

SectionNon-Current Assets

CategoryEfficiency

SignalHigher is better

VolatilityModerate

First reportedQ4 2022

Last reportedQ3 2025

How to read this metric

An increase can signal future tax efficiency or the utilization of past losses, while a decrease may indicate the realization of those benefits.

Detailed definition

These are assets on the balance sheet that represent future tax savings resulting from temporary differences between the...

Peer comparison

Common in large, capital-intensive companies; peers with significant R&D spending often have large deferred tax assets from tax credits.

Metric ID: deferred_tax_assets

Historical Data

20 periods

	Q2 '21	Q3 '21	Q4 '21	Q1 '22	Q2 '22	Q3 '22	Q4 '22	Q1 '23	Q2 '23	Q3 '23	Q4 '23	Q1 '24	Q2 '24	Q3 '24	Q4 '24	Q1 '25	Q2 '25	Q3 '25	Q4 '25	Q1 '26
Value	$504.00M	$501.00M	$1.06B	$654.00M	$752.00M	$716.00M	$910.00M	$744.00M	$671.00M	$668.00M	$940.00M	$383.00M	$372.00M	$397.00M	$957.00M	$407.00M	$378.00M	$383.00M	$364.00M	$348.00M
QoQ Change	—	-0.6%	+111.0%	-38.1%	+15.0%	-4.8%	+27.1%	-18.2%	-9.8%	-0.4%	+40.7%	-59.3%	-2.9%	+6.7%	+141.1%	-57.5%	-7.1%	+1.3%	-5.0%	-4.4%
YoY Change	—	—	—	—	+49.2%	+42.9%	-13.9%	+13.8%	-10.8%	-6.7%	+3.3%	-48.5%	-44.6%	-40.6%	+1.8%	+6.3%	+1.6%	-3.5%	-62.0%	-14.5%

Range$348.00M – $1.06B

CAGR-7.5%

Avg YoY Growth-7.9%

Median YoY Growth-5.1%

Current Streak2 quarters decline

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dow's deferred tax assets?: Dow (DOW) reported deferred tax assets of $348.00M in Q1 2026.
How has Dow's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?: Dow's deferred tax assets decreased by 14.5% year-over-year, from $407.00M to $348.00M.
What is the long-term trend for Dow's deferred tax assets?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dow's deferred tax assets has grown at a -11.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.55B to $1.53B.
What does deferred tax assets mean?: Future tax savings that the company expects to realize due to past accounting differences or tax losses.