Dow Q2 Earnings: Higher Margins Offset Revenue Decline, Dow-Dupont Merger On Pace For Year-End Close
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) released its 2016 second quarter earnings report recently. [1] The company was able to grow its earnings through margin expansion despite a decline in revenues and negligible growth in EBITDA. Q2 2016 was Dow’s 15th consecutive quarter of year-on-year adjusted EBITDA margin expansion. With regards to Dow’s planned merger with DuPont (NYSE:DD), the stockholders of both companies recently approved the deal. [2] The merger now needs to be approved by the antitrust authorities and the DuPont management remains confident the deal will be completed in the second half of 2016. [3]
The following table provides an overview of the company’s earnings.
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Notes:- Dow Reports Second Quarter Results, July 28, 2016, Dow Investor Relations [↩]
- Dow And DuPont Stockholders Approve Merger, July 20, 2016, DuPont Investor Relations [↩]
- The Dow Chemical (DOW) Andrew N. Liveris on Q1 2016 Results – Earnings Call Transcript, April 29, 2016, Seeking Alpha [↩]