Dow reported solid Q2 results with net sales of $12.1B and operating EBITDA of $2.3B, driven by pricing leadership, margin expansion, and self-help actions. Management guided Q3 EBITDA to approximately $1.7B, citing sequential margin compression and seasonal slowdowns, but highlighted overdelivery on cost savings and a pick-up in orders in early July. The call focused on three strategic priorities: focused growth in high-value markets, portfolio competitiveness (including European asset shutdowns), and balanced capital allocation. Q2 revenue $12.1B (+20% YoY), operating EBITDA $2.3B; self-help delivered >$300M in Q2.
Buzzberg readQ3 EBITDA guidance of $1.7 billionDow reported solid Q2 results with net sales of $12.1B and operating EBITDA of $2.3B, driven by pricing leadership, margin expansion, and self-help actions. Management guided Q3 EBITDA to approximately $1.7B, citing sequential margin compression and seasonal slowdowns, but highlighted overdelivery on cost savings and a pick-up in orders in early July. The call focused on three strategic priorities: focused growth in high-value markets, portfolio competitiveness (including European asset shutdowns), and balanced capital allocation. Q2 revenue $12.1B (+20% YoY), operating EBITDA $2.3B; self-help delivered >$300M in Q2.Read full analysisCollapse analysis
Dow reported solid Q2 results with net sales of $12.1B and operating EBITDA of $2.3B, driven by pricing leadership, margin expansion, and self-help actions. Management guided Q3 EBITDA to approximately $1.7B, citing sequential margin compression and seasonal slowdowns, but highlighted overdelivery on cost savings and a pick-up in orders in early July. The call focused on three strategic priorities: focused growth in high-value markets, portfolio competitiveness (including European asset shutdowns), and balanced capital allocation. Q2 revenue $12.1B (+20% YoY), operating EBITDA $2.3B; self-help delivered >$300M in Q2.
Q3 EBITDA guided to ~$1.7B, assuming a 10c/lb decline in global integrated polyethylene margins and no further price movement.
Announced 5c/lb PE price increase in North America after recent order volume pickup.
Shut down Barry, UK siloxanes unit (25% of European capacity); expects $60M EBITDA uplift in H2.
Revenue$12.092B
+23% QoQ
EPS$1.44
reported
Gross margin17.92%
reported
Op margin7.29%
reported
What changed this quarter
01
Guidance
Q3 EBITDA guidance of $1.7 billion
Guidance tone
02
Supply chain
Completed shutdown of Barrie siloxanes unit
Dow's order books have picked up in July, and they announced a 5 cent/lb polyethylene price increase in North America, signaling improving demand and pricing power.
03
Other
Completed $1 billion cost savings program
Q3 EBITDA guided to ~$1.7B, assuming a 10c/lb decline in global integrated polyethylene margins and no further price movement.
04
Demand
Data center demand outpacing supply
Management's tone was steady, reflecting strong Q2 execution and self-help progress, balanced by cautious Q3 guidance due to macroeconomic volatility.
Demand
Demand
Bookings & conversion
Data center demand outpacing supply. Management's tone was steady, reflecting strong Q2 execution and self-help progress, balanced by cautious Q3 guidance due to macroeconomic volatility.
Tone · steady
Management's tone was steady, reflecting strong Q2 execution and self-help progress, balanced by cautious Q3 guidance due to macroeconomic volatility.
Supply-chain alpha
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Dow's order books have picked up in July, and they announced a 5 cent/lb polyethylene price increase in North America, signaling improving demand and pricing power.
“Just the last few days, we've really seen an increase in our order loading. And so when we saw those market dynamics changing, you know, we announced our five cents per pound in North America.”
Dow shut down its upstream siloxanes unit in Barry, UK, removing ~25% of European siloxane capacity, which should tighten supply and benefit other silicone players.
“we shut down our upstream, higher-cost siloxanes unit in Barrie, United Kingdom. As a reminder, this represents approximately 25% of European siloxane industry capacity.”
Dow signed long-term agreements with P&G, securing steady demand for low-carbon products in consumer markets.
“we progress long-term agreements with both P&G and Univar, locking in durable, high-quality demand for low-carbon products across key markets like beauty and personal care”
… our closed-loop liquid cooling solutions Advanced Thermal Fluids, Carbon Mitigation Technologies, and Acoustic Materials. Last quarter, we launched the Dow Coolant Care Network, expanding our offering to support this fast-growing market. Our new integrated service model helps customers improve cooling system reliability, reduce operational risk, and maximize uptime, all of which are critical to data center growth. Separately, we progress long-term agreements with both P&G and Univar, locking in durable, high-quality demand for low-carbon products across key markets like beauty and personal care, home care, food, pharmaceutical, and a variety of industrial performance markets. This is another example of how we are translating innovation into commercial value while securing growth in attractive end markets. And lastly, in the second quarter, we announced that we are expanding our product and innovation capabilities and specialty silicones that allow us to meet growing global demand in mobility, electronics, and healthcare applications. By expanding these capabilities, we are better able to meet increasing consumer demand, strengthen our global supply chain capabilities, and enable …
Dow's order books have picked up in July, and they announced a 5 cent/lb polyethylene price increase in North America, signaling improving demand and pricing power. — If the increase sticks, it could lift margins across the North American polyethylene industry, benefiting other integrated producers like LyondellBasell and Westlake.
Morning, Karen and Jeff. Look, a two-part question, you know, primarily on polyethylene. So the first part of it is that, you know, you guys obviously talked about flat polyethylene pricing for your Q3 guidance. So the first part of the question is, how are you sort of factoring in the recent rally that we've seen in crude oil prices and obviously the continued sort of blockage of the trade for moves and the like, how that factors into the pricing assumption. And then the second part just around inventories. A lot of the energy industry executives are talking about energy inventories being at critical levels. As I take a look at China, it seems China, through Q2 at least, produced less…
Yeah, thank you for your question. Just a couple of things on that. Let's start with kind of a guide and what we have in the guide. And then I'll talk about where we go from here in terms of the current conditions. And so, you know, we tried to take a pretty balanced view on the $1.7 billion guide. And just to be clear what's in that in relation to polyethylene margins. that guide assumes 10 cents per pound decline and global integrated margins compared to the second quarter. So what that includes is the 15 cents down June settlement, and then that works its way through the third quarter. And as Jeff articulated earlier on the call, that also assumes no additional quarterly price movement. Now, to your point, a lot of things have changed. If you look at this week, you know, oil is up $10 just before the beginning of the week to now. Key feed stocks are also on the rise. and many others. Polyethylene prices are also up, particularly in China. And you mentioned this, their inventories are declining. And so that is reflected also in our order books. Just the last few days, we've really seen an increase in our order loading. And so when we saw those market dynamics changing, you know, we announced our five cents per pound in North America. If you look at the oil dynamics from now, the straight of our moves basically being blocked again. We saw yesterday the attack in the Red Sea. You know, those dynamics plus resilient demand and polyethylene and all the other things I've mentioned really do set the ground for our price increases going up from here. So if they do occur, you know, that would be an upside to the 1.7 billion guide. But what I would say is that things continue to be volatile. We're going to work on maximizing the quarter as we always do. And if things change materially, we'll be sure to come back to you and update you on that.
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