Company Update: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) – Dow Announces Enhancements to Support the Balance of Work and Family and Help Working Parents Thrive

[Business Wire] – The Dow Chemical Company today announced enhancements to its Global Parental Leave Policy, providing greater flexibility and work-life balance for mothers and fathers. Parents have a minimum 12 weeks of paid leave for the mother and two weeks of paid leave for the non-birthing parent, which can be taken during the 12 months following the birth of a child. Read more on this. The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) , valued at $47.57B, started trading this morning at $41.55. Today, shares have traded between $40.26 and $41.70 per share and has traded between $35.11 and $57.10 over the past year. Dow Chemical (DOW) shares are currently priced at 12.83x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively inexpensive compared to the industry’s 31.06x earnings multiple for the same period. And for income investors, the company pays shareholders $1.84 per share annually in dividends, yielding 4.16%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 20 sell-side analysts are looking at $0.70 per share, which would be $0.15 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.00 sequential decrease. Investors should also note that the full-year EPS estimate of $3.28 is a $0.17 improvement when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $11.22 Billion. If reported, that would be a 21.97% decrease over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Bernstein Initiated DOW at Outperform (Sep 11, 2015). Previously, Deutsche Bank upgraded DOW from Hold to Buy. When considering if the stock is under or overvalued, the average price target is $57.11, which is 37.45% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:DOW) Similar Articles: Company Update: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) – Dow Announces Start-Up of New Texas Propylene Production Facility Market Update: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) – Dow Announces Preliminary Results of Exchange Offer for Chlorine Value Chain Business Company Update (NYSE:DOW): Dow Named Among Working Mother 100 Best Companies for Women, Announces 2015 Working Mother of the Year