Is Dow Inc. (DOW) overvalued or undervalued?
Updated Sep 3, 2026 · auto-modeled from live data · educational, not advice
At a recent price of $31.28, Dow Inc. (DOW) trades 27% below TickerWorth's blended fair value of $39.80 per share — a discounted-cash-flow model cross-checked against peer multiples and asset value — meaning the market currently prices DOW undervalued vs our estimate of what the business is intrinsically worth. Our fair value sits above the market, an implied +27.2% move to close the gap if the business performs in line with our assumptions. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation — the value moves with the inputs, which you can test yourself using the WACC slider below.
One of the lenses behind that blended figure is a discounted-cash-flow model, which on its own values DOW at about $28.11 per share. The rest of this page walks through that DCF — its assumptions, reverse-DCF and discount-rate sensitivity — because it is the auditable anchor of the blend.
The valuation discounts Dow Inc.'s projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 6.1%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 85% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is unusually high — most of the answer comes from a single assumption about the far future, so treat this figure as low-confidence and lean on the multiples alongside it.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly 13.1% annual revenue growth for DOW. Our base case instead assumes about 11.9% average growth over the forecast, so the market's implied growth is broadly in line with our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, DOW's modeled DCF value ranges from about $8.71 to $134.88 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Dow Inc. would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of DOW's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
The assumptions behind DOW's DCF
| Input | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Base-year revenue | $41,319,000,000 | Live feed — totalRevenue (TTM) |
| Base EBIT margin | 7.6% | Computed — reported operating margin exceeded the EBITDA margin (impossible); held to 7.6% so D&A stays positive |
| Forecast revenue growth | 20% → 16% → 12% → 8% → 4% | Assumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast |
| Risk-free rate | 4.8% | Live feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) |
| Beta | 0.42 | Live feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) |
| Terminal growth | 2.5% | Assumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC |
| Diluted shares | 722M | Live feed — sharesOutstanding |
| Market price | $31.28 | Delayed quote · as of 2026-09-03 07:22 UTC |
Auto-modeled from live market data because it's frequently searched — this is NOT a hand-researched model. Every growth, margin and capital assumption is an algorithmic ESTIMATE, cached and refreshed periodically. Drag the WACC slider to test how sensitive the value is.
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