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DOW (DOW) guidance and outlook

DOW's 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026 makes 16 forward-looking statements, 2 of them new and 1 no longer said since the filing before.

Guidance and outlook

Forward-looking statements, 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026

• new · These priorities are underpinned by the Company's self-help actions, which are on track to deliver more than $1 billion of Operating EBITDA uplift in both 2026 and 2027.
• On January 27, 2025, the Board approved targeted actions to further achieve the Company's cost reduction initiatives in response to ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, while reinforcing its long-term competitiveness across the economic cycle.
• The increase in equity in losses of nonconsolidated affiliates was primarily related to an adjustment to the Company's liability associated with its guarantee of Sadara's project financing debt, related to Packaging & Specialty Plastics ($81 million) and Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure ($211 million), and lower results at the Company's Kuwait joint ventures.
• The nine months ended September 30, 2026 includes a significant item for $81 million of losses related to an adjustment to the Company's liability associated with its guarantee of Sadara's project financing debt.
• The nine months ended September 30, 2026 includes a significant item for $211 million of losses related to an adjustment to the Company's liability associated with its guarantee of Sadara's project financing debt.
• The Company has and expects to continue repatriating certain funds from its non‑U.S. subsidiaries that are not needed to finance local operations; however, these particular repatriation activities have not and are not expected to result in a significant incremental tax liability to the Company.
• updated · The Company expects full year capital spending to be approximately $2.5 billion, including capital spending related to the construction of the Alberta project.
• The generation of cash from operations over the economic cycle and the Company's ability to access capital markets is expected to meet the Company’s cash requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, debt maturities, payments associated with Transform to Outperform, contributions to pension plans, dividend distributions to stockholders, share repurchases and other needs.
• While taking into consideration the current economic environment, management expects that the Company will continue to have sufficient liquidity and financial flexibility to meet all of its business obligations.
• As previously announced, the Company intends to repurchase shares at a minimum to cover dilution over the economic cycle.
• Any share repurchases, when coupled with the Company's dividends, are intended to implement the long-term strategy of targeting shareholder remuneration of approximately 65 percent of Operating Net Income over the economic cycle.
• new · The Company expects to contribute approximately $220 million to its pension plans in 2026, of which $138 million has been contributed through September 30, 2026.

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These priorities are underpinned by the Company's self-help actions, which are on track to deliver more than $1 billion of Operating EBITDA uplift in both 2026 and 2027. The Company expects full year capital spending to be approximately $2.5 billion, including capital spending related to the construction of the Alberta project. The Company expects to contribute approximately $220 million to its pension plans in 2026, of which $138 million has been contributed through September 30, 2026.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.