Dow is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. delivers a range of science-based products and solutions for its customers. Co.'s segments are: Packaging and Specialty Plastics, which consists of Hydrocarbons and Energy and Packaging and Specialty Plastics businesses that employ the polyolefin product portfolio; Industrial Intermediates and Infrastructure, which consists of Industrial Solutions and Polyurethanes and Construction Chemicals businesses that develop intermediate chemicals as well as customized materials and formulations; and Performance Materials and Coatings, which includes franchises and consists of Coatings and Performance Monomers and Consumer Solutions businesses. We show 5 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our DOW shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute DOW market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Dow market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Dow's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Dow versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Dow market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Dow can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Dow by allowing them to research the Dow market cap history. |
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