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Dow DOW Free cash flow yield

Free cash flow yield at other companies

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. logo
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.LYB
3.5%-3.2pp
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. logo
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD
2.3%-0.7pp
PPG Industries logo
PPG IndustriesPPG
5.1%+2.0pp
Nordson logo
NordsonNDSN
4.4%+0.2pp
International Paper logo
International PaperIP
-0%-6.1pp
Sherwin-Williams logo
Sherwin-WilliamsSHW
3.7%+1.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$9.8B-6.1%
Gross profit$640.0M-4.6%
Net income-$533.0M-73.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.2B+172%
Total debt$18.8B+1,167%
Total equity$15.2B-9.2%
Total assets$59.8B+4.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.1B+1,135%
CapEx$503.0M-26.6%
Free cash flow$621.0M+205%

Valuation

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Market cap$23.42B+21.6%
Enterprise value$38.03B+81.4%
P/S0.6×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin6.4%-3.0pp
Net margin-6.8%-7.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-16.7%-18.8pp
Debt / equity1.2×+1.1×
Current ratio1.8×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Dow’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Dow’s 10-Q, filed April 25, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Dow's free cash flow yield?
Dow (DOW) reported free cash flow yield of 6.1% in Q1 2024.
How has Dow's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Dow's free cash flow yield decreased by 46.9% year-over-year, from 11.5% to 6.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Dow's free cash flow yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Dow's free cash flow yield has grown at a -1.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 40.1% to 38.6%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.