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DOW vs KWR

Side-by-side comparison of Dow Inc. (DOW) and Quaker Houghton (KWR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DOW and KWR operate in Major Chemicals (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DOW is the larger of the two at $24.65B, about 9.9x KWR ($2.49B).
  • Over the past year, DOW is up 16.4% and KWR is up 19.8% - KWR leads by 3.4 points.
  • KWR has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for DOW).
  • DOW has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for KWR).
PerformanceDOW+16.42%KWR+19.83%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricDOWKWR
Company
Dow Inc.
Quaker Houghton
Price
$34.21+0.65%
$144.00+2.39%
Market cap
$24.65B
$2.49B
1M return
-8.31%
+0.54%
1Y return
+16.42%
+19.83%
Industry
Major Chemicals
Major Chemicals
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2019
News (4w)
6
17
Recent ratings
25
8
DOW

Dow Inc.

Dow Inc. provides various materials science solutions for consumer care, infrastructure, and packaging markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It operates through Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure, and Performance Materials and Coatings segments. The Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment provides ethylene, and propylene and aromatics products; and polyethylene, polyolefin elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate, and ethylene propylene diene monomer rubbers. The Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure segment offers ethylene oxides, propylene oxide, propylene glycol and polyether polyols, aromatic isocyanates and polyurethane systems, coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, and composites. This segment also provides caustic soda, and ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomers; and cellulose ethers, redispersible latex powders, silicones, and acrylic emulsions. The Performance Materials and Coatings segment provides architectural paints and coatings, and industrial coatings that are used in maintenance and protective industries, wood, metal packaging, traffic markings, thermal paper, and leather; performance monomers and silicones; standalone silicones; and home and personal care solutions. It also engages in property and casualty insurance, as well as reinsurance business. Dow Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Midland, Michigan.

KWR

Quaker Houghton

Quaker Chemical Corporation develops, produces, and markets various formulated chemical specialty products for a range of heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. It operates through four segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; Asia/Pacific; and Global Specialty Businesses. The company offers metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, metal finishing fluids, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids, and surface treatment chemicals. It also provides chemical management services. The company serves steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, can, mining, and metalworking companies. The company was formerly known as Quaker Chemical Products Corporation and changed its name to Quaker Chemical Corporation in August 1962. Quaker Chemical Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

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