Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat: Can I get your advice on whether Dow is a buy or not? Thank you.

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A: Dow Inc., $52.83, symbol DOW on New York (Shares outstanding: 707.3 million; Market cap: $37.1 billion; Manufacturing sector; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.dow.com), is one of the world’s largest makers of plastics and specialty chemicals. It mainly sells to customers in the consumer goods, construction, energy, personal care, packaging, textiles, automotive and telecommunications industries. The company manufactures its products at 104 factories in 31 countries. On April 1, 2019, DuPont (symbol DD on New York) spun off Dow. As a result, DuPont investors received one Dow share for every three shares they held. Dow operates through three segments: Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials & Coatings. The Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment consists of two global businesses: Hydrocarbons & Energy, and Packaging and Specialty Plastics. The segment offers the industry’s broadest polyolefin (including polyethylene and polypropylene) product portfolio. This segment serves customers, brand owners and ultimately consumers in markets including food and specialty packaging; industrial and consumer packaging; health…