Dow Inc.
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What the filing actually says.
This synthesis rests only on the annual XBRL financial facts for Dow Inc., covering fiscal years 2018 through 2025 for revenue and net income and 2020 through 2025 for total assets. No Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index is on file for this company, so none is reported or interpreted here, and no score should be read into this analysis. The filing text is also missing: there is no MD&A, no risk-factor discussion, and no FACT-classified news, so management's explanation of segments, products, debt instruments, or legal matters cannot be checked against the numbers. What the numbers show is a company whose revenue has contracted sharply from its 2022 level of $56.9 billion to $39.97 billion in 2025, a decline of about 29.8%. Net income followed a similar path, falling from $4.64 billion in 2022 to a $2.44 billion loss in 2025, after a $1.2 billion profit in 2024. Over the eight years of data, the company posted losses in 2019 and 2025 and profits in the other years, with 2021 the strongest year at $6.41 billion. Total assets declined from $62.99 billion in 2021 to $58.54 billion in 2025, about 7.1%. A reader studying Dow Inc. may want to look first at the full 10-K for the MD&A discussion of the 2025 loss, the risk-factor section, and the cash flow statement, since those sections would show whether the decline reflects cyclical pricing, volume, charges, or structural cost issues. Those explanations are not present in the data provided and should not be assumed.
Catalyst.The only filing data on file for Dow Inc. is the annual financial facts, so the business drivers described here come from reported results rather than management's explanation. Revenue fell from $42.96 billion in 2024 to $39.97 billion in 2025, a decline of about 7.0%, following a drop from $44.62 billion in 2023 to $42.96 billion in 2024. Net income moved from $1.2 billion in 2024 to a loss of $2.44 billion in 2025. The MD&A text needed to explain why sales declined is not on file, so the cause of the drop cannot be identified from this data.
Hidden risk.The most material tension visible in the numbers is the reversal in profitability while the asset base stayed large. Net income went from $1.2 billion in 2024 to a loss of $2.44 billion in 2025, a swing of $3.64 billion, and the 2025 net loss equals about 6.1% of revenue. Total assets were $58.54 billion at year-end 2025, up from $57.31 billion a year earlier. Because no risk-factor text, cash flow statement, or forensic scores are on file, this data cannot show whether the loss reflects impairments, one-time charges, or ongoing operating weakness.
What traders are betting.
The metric
Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.
- Shares sold short
- 34.1M
- Change since Aug 31
- −8.0%
- Days to cover
- 3.8
What it tells us
A noticeable minority of traders is betting that DOW shares will fall.
Little changed since the Aug 31 report (−8.0%).
At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 3.8 days to buy back every borrowed share.
How investors use it
- Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
- Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
- Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
- Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.
Quarterly report
The quarterly report (10-Q) and current reports (8-K) Dow filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.
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