Dow Chemical Stock (DOW) in December 2025: Dividend Cut, Lawsuits and 2026 Recovery Hopes
Dow Chemical stock – technically Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW), the successor to The Dow Chemical Company – is limping into the end of 2025 after one of its roughest years since the pandemic. At Friday’s close on 5 December 2025, DOW was trading just under $23 per share, roughly 40–45% lower than a year ago and about 48% below its 52‑week high near $44. Simply Wall St+1 Smartkarma notes a year‑to‑date decline of about 43%, with the stock recently dipping to $22.87 in heavy volume. Smartkarma The damage hasn’t come from one single shock but from a cluster of negative