DOWDow Inc.
Is it safe?
Mixed picture: clean books, but quality weak.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
Weak, deteriorating fundamentals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -64% · now 31% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can DOW take a bad year?
The deepest fall in DOW's price history on file is −64%; it is 31% below its high today.
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · debt less the cash on hand
- Cash runway
- 5+ years
Cash runway · burning $58M a quarter at the current rate
- Annualised volatility
- 44%
Annualised volatility · roughly twice as jumpy as the market
- Worst drawdown on file
- −64%
Worst drawdown on file · −31% today
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2026
- $18.0B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $4.11B
- Net debt
- $13.9B
- Debt / equity
- 1.18×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 44%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −64%
- Below its 52-week high
- 31%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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