Earnings Preview: Dow

Published on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 11:12 Written by Gerard Lerod

New York, February 1st (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) are trading higher by +0.86% ahead of its quarterly earnings release. Dow, the diversified chemical company is expected to release its quarterly results on January 2^nd.

Wall Street Analysts consensus calls for a profit of $0.3 a share on $14.19 billion revenue.

Dow estimates have a range of $0.18 a share. The high estimate calls for profit of $0.38 a share and the low estimate is calling for a profit of $0.2 a share, a year ago for the quarter the company reported $0.47 a share.

Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) is a diversified chemical company that provides chemical, plastic, and agricultural products and services to various essential consumer markets. The company sell its products to food, transportation, health and medicine, personal care, and construction markets.

Other companies on the watch on this earnings event are E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. NYSE:DD and Huntsman Corporation NYSE:HUN.