Dow Chemical Report: Asset Sales, Stock Buybacks and Larger Dividend Should Boost Stock Price Going Forward by BrokerBank Securities, Inc.

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, there have been several trends that have impacted publicly-traded companies – for better or for worse. Two important examples can be found in the rise of shareholder activism, as well as an increase in shareholder-friendly value-adds such as stock buybacks and larger dividend payments. Chemical makers such as Dow Chemical and DuPont are no exception to these trends, as evidenced by activist investors Third Point and Trian Fund Management, respectively.

Dow Chemical Company (NYSE-MKT: DOW) is a manufacturer and supplier of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences, and plastics used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services. The company has six operating segments: Electronic and Functional Materials, Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions, Agricultural Sciences, Performance Materials, Performance Plastics, and Feedstocks and Energy. However, in the interests of greater transparency – partly in response to Third Point – Dow is looking to change how it reports results from these business segments. Additionally, the company has been working towards divesting some of its lower-margin units through recent asset sales.

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