The Dow Market Happenings For Tuesday, October 21, 2025 – Verizon (VZ) 40.80 Up +2.03% YTD

There were no Dow stocks hitting 52-week highs. There were no Dow stock 52-week lows.

The Market

Premarket today, the Dow was indicated to be down -31 points.

Monday the Dow closed up +515.97 (+1.12%) at 46,706.58.

Year-to-date the Dow is up +9.78%.

Monday, (22) Dow stocks were up, none made 52-week lows, and none made 52-week highs.

The Dow stock winners Monday were led by Salesforce (CRM) 254.28 (+4.61%), Apple (AAPL) 262.24 (+3.94%) and UnitedHealth (UNH) 364.48 (+2.21%).

The Dow stock losers Monday were led by Home Depot (HD) 388.89 (-0.77%), Walmart (WMT) 107.05 (-0.63%) and Nvidia (NVDA) 182.64 (-0.32%).

The VIX closed Monday at 18.23 (-12.27%) and the 10 YR at 3.986 (-0.52%). The VIX is currently at 18.60 (+2.03%). The 10YR is at 3.962 (-0.63%).

Coca-Cola (KO) third-quarter earnings and revenue topped expectations, sending shares about 3% higher. Adjusted earnings were 82 cents per share on revenue of $12.41 billion. Analysts were anticipating adjusted earnings of 78 cents a share on revenue of $12.39 billion.

3M (MMM) rose 2.6% on quarterly results that beat analyst expectations. 3M earned $2.19 per share, excluding certain items, on revenue of $6.32 billion. Analysts expected earnings of $2.08 per share on revenue of $6.25 billion.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo raised their price targets on Apple heading into the iPhone maker’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release. Apple is set to report earnings after the bell on Oct. 30. Goldman Sachs, which has a buy rating on Apple, raised its 12-month price target to $279 per share from $266. This revised forecast is approximately 6% higher than Apple’s Monday closing price of $262.24.

U.S. futures are lower, European stocks are mostly higher and Asian markets ended higher.

The national average price of gasoline is up 1.1 cents at $3.047 per gallon.

Earnings Reports

Nike (NKE) reports earnings on 9/30/2025 after the market close with $0.49, beating estimates of $0.273 per share.

Goldman Sachs (GS) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $12.25, beating estimates of $11.03 per share.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $2.80, beating estimates of $2.77 per share.

JPMorgan (JPM) reported earnings on 10/14/2025 before the market open with $5.07, beating estimates of $4.83 per share.

Travelers (TRV) reported earnings on 10/16/2025 before the market open with $8.14, beating estimates of $6.008 per share.

American Express (AXP) reported earnings on 10/17/2025 before the market open with $4.14, beating estimates of $3.964 per share.

3M (MMM) reported earnings on 10/21/2025 before the market open with $2.19, beating estimates of $2.097 per share.

Coca Cola (KO) reported earnings on 10/21/2025 before the market open with $0.82, beating estimates of $0.781 per share.

IBM (IBM) reports earnings on 10/22/2025 after the market close.

Honeywell (HON) reports earnings on 10/23/2025 before the market open.

Procter & Gamble (PG) reports earnings on 10/24/2025 before the market open.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

Sherwin Williams (SHW) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

UnitedHealth (UNH) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 before the market open.

Visa (V) reports earnings on 10/28/2025 after the market close.

Boeing (BA) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Caterpillar (CAT) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Verizon (VZ) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 before the market open.

Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/29/2025 after the market close.

Merck (MRK) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Apple (AAPL) reports earnings on 10/30/2025 after the market close.

Chevron (CVX) reports earnings on 10/31/2025 before the market open.

Amgen (AMGN) reports earnings on 11/4/2025 after the market close.

McDonald’s (MCD) reports earnings on 11/5/2025 before the market open.

Today’s Featured Dow Stock

Verizon (VZ)

Verizon (VZ) 40.80 (+0.62%) is up +2.03% in 2025.

Financial Calendar

07:30 AM ET Business Inventories (MoM) (Aug), 0.1%, 0.2%
07:30 AM ET Retail Inventories Ex Auto (Aug), 0.3%, 0.3%
07:30 AM ET US Leading Index (MoM) (Sep), 0.1%, -0.5%
08:55 AM ET Redbook (YoY), 5.9%
09:00 AM ET Fed Waller Speaks
11:00 AM ET Milk Auctions, 3,921.0
15:30 PM ET Fed Waller Speaks
16:30 PM ET API Weekly Crude Oil Stock, 3.524M

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