Negative sentiment towards DOW reflected in surge in short interest

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Dow Inc shares valued at $26,197 were purchased by Dial Debra L. on Feb 07 ’25. At $38.81 per share, Dial Debra L. acquired 675 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 2,700 shares worth approximately $72414.0 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Banister Gaurdie E. JR. purchased 7,339 shares, netting a total of over 299,932 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $40.87 each, the insider now holds 10,924 shares.

Before that, Fitterling James R had added 14,200 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $589,574, the Chair and CEO bought Dow Inc shares for $41.52 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 14,200 shares, worth approximately $6.64 million.

As published in a research note from BMO Capital Markets on June 23, 2025, Dow Inc [DOW] has been rated down from a Market perform to an Underperform and the price target has been revised to $22. Analysts at BofA Securities downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”an Underperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of April 04, 2025, JP Morgan has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” for DOW. Earlier on January 07, 2025, Piper Sandler downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for DOW stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing DOW Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Dow Inc [NYSE: DOW] plunged -2.58% to $26.82. The stock’s lowest price that day was $26.82, but it reached a high of $27.55 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -8.90%. Over the course of the year, Dow Inc shares have dropped approximately -50.32%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $42.17 on 01/28/25 and a 52-week low of $25.06 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Dow Inc (DOW)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 26.58, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 26.33. In the upper region, resistance lies at 27.31. The next price resistance is at 27.79. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 37.86 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Dow Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Dow Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 5.95 million shares to 34.48 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 28.53 million shares. A jump of 17.26% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.15 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.15.

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In terms of Dow Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 32 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.24% from the previous closing price of $27.53. Analysts anticipate Dow Inc stock to reach 40 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 30. In spite of this, 13 analysts ranked Dow Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 18, 2024, Evercore ISI assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $56.

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