DOW Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-23

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
DOW Report Net Sales (Revenue) BEAT pred ~$12.3B vs. cons $12.1B MEDIUM
DOW Report Operating EBITDA BEAT pred ~$2.4B vs. cons $2.2B MEDIUM
DOW Report Adjusted EPS BEAT pred ~$1.45 vs. cons $1.25 MEDIUM
DOW Guide Q3 2026 Revenue Guidance BETTER guide ~$12.6B vs. cons $12.3B (Q3 2026) MEDIUM
DOW Guide Q3 2026 Operating EBITDA Guidance BETTER guide ~$2.5B vs. cons $2.3B (Q3 2026) MEDIUM
DOW Guide Transform to Outperform H2 self-help EBITDA ramp UNCHANGED guide ~$400M vs. prior guide $400M (H2 2026) MEDIUM
DOW Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) +3.0% MEDIUM
DOW Return 5-day cumulative residual +1.0% (FADE) Consensus EPS/revenue have already been revised up 13-24% over the past 30-60 days and the stock rallied ~16% into the print purely on Iran-escalation headlines, so a beat-and-raise is largely pre-priced. A likely Q3 guide raise (extending the pricing/disruption window) should drive an initial pop, but the earnings quality is a geopolitical windfall rather than structural margin repair (negative S&P/Moody's outlooks, continuing GAAP losses, unresolved Sadara/Aramco liability, and structurally weak B&C/auto end-markets). As sell-side digests the beat, out-period (2027+) estimates are likely to stay conservative or even get trimmed on mean-reversion/ceasefire risk even as near-term numbers rise, and any hint of Strait-of-Hormuz de-escalation this week could quickly unwind the trade — producing fade over the following days rather than follow-through. LOW