Dow forward PE DOW

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2019.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 16.9×
8-year median: 20.2×
Against its 8-year history: 43rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 6.3× to 119×

Dow's forward PE is 16.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 8-year median of 20.2×, close to the middle of its last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.3× in Jan 2021 to 119× in Jul 2025.

Forward PE over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	16.9×	10.3×	24.9×
2025	20.5×	19.6×	119×
2024	85.7×	26.1×	89.3×
2023	27.1×	23.8×	31.4×
2022	24.2×	7.8×	25.5×
2021	7.8×	6.3×	8.5×
2020	8.1×	6.6×	38.3×
2019	39.3×	14.6×	40.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals nearest Dow's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
DOWDow	16.9×
DDDuPont de Nemours	n/m
ALBAlbemarle	n/m
ESIElement Solutions	n/m
EMNEastman Chemical	n/m
HXLHexcel	n/m
BCPCBalchem	n/m
CSWCSW Industrials	n/m
CBTCabot	n/m
AVNTAvient	n/m
WDFCWD 40	n/m

Where Dow ranks

#9of 21Materials stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.