Ashland Inc. (ASH)

NYSE: ASH · USD

$72.7

-0.13 (-0.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.3B
Revenue (ttm)	1.8B
Net income (ttm)	52M
EPS (ttm)	$1.15
Shares out	45.8M
P/E (trailing)	63.2x
P/E (forward)	17.5x
Dividend	$1.68 (2.32%)
Volume	274,640
Beta	0.40

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.8B
Net income (ttm): 52M
EPS (ttm): $1.15
P/E (trailing): 63.2x
P/E (forward): 17.5x
Market cap: 3.3B

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Calendar

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Forward P/E17.5

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Trailing P/E63.2

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ROE4

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ROIC3.6

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001674862
Company name	Ashland Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	044186104
Earnings date	2026-11-03
Earnings time	amc
Employees	2,900
Employees change	-300
Employees growth	-9.38%
Enterprise value	$4.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1924
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US0441861046
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-20
Last earnings date	2026-07-28
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2005-07-01
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$3.3B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-03
Options	Yes
Price	$72.65
Price currency	USD
Sector	Materials
SIC code	5160
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ASH
U.S. state	Delaware
Website	https://www.ashland.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	22.22x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	22.21x
Earnings yield	1.58%
EV/Earnings	84.08x
EV/EBIT	24.42x
EV/EBITDA	12.01x
EV/FCF	21.22x
EV/Sales	2.37x
FCF / EV yield	4.71%
FCF yield	6.17%
Forward EV/Sales	2.27x
Forward P/E	17.49x
Forward P/S	1.73x
Graham number	32.49399
Graham upside	-55.4%
Industry forward P/E	19.6x
Industry P/E	43.87x
Lynch fair value	$5.75
Lynch upside	-92.11%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	17.56x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	12.13x
P/B ratio	1.78x
P/E ratio	63.22x
P/FCF ratio	16.19x
P/OCF ratio	11.46x
P/S ratio	1.81x
PEG ratio	1.51x
Price / tangible book value	5.08x
Price/EBITDA ratio	9.16x
Sector forward P/E	15.02x
Sector P/E	22.73x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	9.72%
EBITDA margin	19.76%
Effective tax rate	40%
FCF margin	11.18%
Gross margin	33.39%
Operating margin	9.72%
Pretax margin	6.79%
Profit margin	2.82%
Profit per employee	$17,931
Profitable quarters	2
Revenue per employee	$635,172
ROA	2.43%
ROA (5Y)	2.09%
ROCE	4.31%
ROE	3.99%
ROE (5Y)	-2.08%
ROIC	3.64%
ROIC (5Y)	4.7%
SBC / revenue	0.87%
Tax / revenue	2.71%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth (QoQ)	1.4%
EPS growth 10Y	-9.16%
EPS growth 3Y	-36.06%
EPS growth 5Y	-17.28%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	543.75%
FCF growth (Q)	9.3%
FCF growth (QoQ)	291.67%
FCF growth 3Y	62.51%
FCF growth 5Y	-13.81%
Gross profit growth	-1.13%
Gross profit growth (Q)	7.41%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-6.4%
Gross profit growth 5Y	2.9%
Net income growth (QoQ)	0%
Net income growth 3Y	-39.85%
Net income growth 5Y	-22.08%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	117.16%
OCF growth (Q)	7.55%
OCF growth (QoQ)	178.05%
OCF growth 10Y	-7.54%
OCF growth 3Y	14.28%
OCF growth 5Y	-11.83%
Operating income growth	20.95%
Operating income growth (Q)	67.65%
Operating income growth 3Y	-13.54%
Operating income growth 5Y	17.77%
Revenue growth	-1.45%
Revenue growth (Q)	7.34%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	3.11%
Revenue growth 10Y	-6.34%
Revenue growth 3Y	-7.22%
Revenue growth 5Y	0.25%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-85M
Depreciation and amortization	$185M
EBIT	$179M
EBITDA	$364M
EPS	$1.15
FCF per share	$4.50
Financing cash flow	$-78M
Free cash flow	$206M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$190M
Gross profit	$615M
Income taxes	$50M
Investing cash flow	$19M
Net cash flow	$233M
Net income	$52M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$275M
Operating income	$179M
Revenue	$1.8B
Stock-based compensation	$16M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.01
Book value per share	$40.84
Debt / EBITDA	3.69
Debt / equity	0.79
Debt / FCF	7.17
Goodwill	$700M
Interest coverage	2.89
Long-term assets	$3.3B
Long-term liabilities	$2.3B
Net cash (debt)	$-1B
Net cash / market cap	-31.05%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.85
Net debt / equity	0.55
Net debt / FCF	5.03
Piotroski F-Score	8
Property, plant and equipment	$1.2B
Shareholders' equity	$1.9B
Tangible book value	$657M
Tangible book value per share	$14.35
Total assets	$4.6B
Total cash	$440M
Total debt	$1.5B
Total liabilities	$2.7B
WACC	5.25%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.4
Current assets	$1.3B
Current liabilities	$424M
Current ratio	3.05
Inventory turnover	2.32
Net working capital	$446M
Quick ratio	1.6
Working capital	$868M
Working capital turnover	2.34

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	3.21%
Dividend growth	1.83%
Dividend growth (10Y)	0.68%
Dividend growth (3Y)	5.06%
Dividend growth (5Y)	7.75%
Dividend growth years	7
Dividend payment date	2026-09-15
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.68
Dividend yield	2.32%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-01
FCF payout ratio	37.35%
Last dividend	$0.42
Payout ratio	146.19%
Shareholder yield	5.52%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-35.22%
10Y return CAGR	4.59%
10Y total return	56.7%
150-day SMA	$65.07
15Y price change	31.96%
15Y return CAGR	8.53%
15Y total return	241.32%
1D price change	-0.18%
1M price change	4.98%
1M total return	4.98%
1W price change	1.13%
1W total return	1.13%
1Y price change	43.08%
1Y return CAGR	47.12%
1Y total return	47.09%
20-day SMA	$71.32
200-day SMA	$63.64
20Y price change	26.26%
20Y return CAGR	6.55%
20Y total return	255.73%
3M price change	9.22%
3M total return	9.85%
3Y price change	-3.73%
3Y return CAGR	1.16%
3Y total return	3.51%
50-day SMA	$71.39
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$78.25
52-week high date	2026-08-07
52-week low	$47.12
52-week low date	2025-11-05
5Y price change	-23.75%
5Y return CAGR	-3.36%
5Y total return	-15.71%
6M price change	25.65%
6M total return	27.3%
All-time high	$132.38
All-time high date	2015-05-11
All-time low	$4.21
All-time low date	1974-12-12
Average true range (ATR)	$1.65
Average volume	482.8K
Beta (1Y)	1.24
Beta (2Y)	1.08
Beta (5Y)	0.4
Change from 52-week high	-7.16%
Change from 52-week low	54.18%
Change from all-time high	-45.23%
Change from all-time low	1,623.32%
Change from open	-1.08%
Day's gap	0.91%
Dollar volume	$20M
High price	$73.44
Low price	$72.55
Monthly RSI	54.96
Open price	$73.44
Position in 52-week range	11.24%
Previous close	$72.78
Price vs 150-day SMA	11.43%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.65%
Price vs 200-day SMA	13.93%
Price vs 50-day SMA	1.55%
Relative volume	0.57
RSI	56.5
Sharpe ratio	1.1
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.09
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.09
Sortino ratio	1.97
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.3
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.06
Volume	274.6K
Weekly RSI	60.3
YTD price change	23.57%
YTD total return	26.03%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	37.8M
Float percentage	82.49%
Shares change (QoQ)	0%
Shares change (YoY)	-3.21%
Shares held by insiders	1.22%
Shares held by institutions	101.16%
Shares outstanding	45.8M
Short % of float	12.24%
Short % of shares	10.1%
Short ratio	6.8 days

Deeper analysis on ASH

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

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