Stock Evaluator: Ashland Inc. (ASH)

Ashland Inc. ASH

$72.61 -0.09 -0.12%
July 31, 2026 4:00:03 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 544,067
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NYSE | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Materials Chemicals

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; and nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; agricultural chemicals; diagnostic films; and fine chemicals. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of natural, nature-derived, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics ASH Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $3,325.1 $3,722.6 61%
Shares Out (Mil) 46.0 87.3 46%
Institutional Ownership 98.8% 87.5% 82%
Float (Mil) 41.0 117.5 43%
Beta 0.41 0.80 23%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 910 176 69%
Price Change
(52-week)
37.1% 81.7% 73%
Growth ASH Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) (2.0%) 4.2% 13%
Net Income (5yr) (10.7%) 1.4% 28%
EPS (5yr) (17.0%) 3.2% 16
Dividends (5yr) 8.3% 0.0% 87%
Cash Flow (5yr) (20.2%) (15.3%) 33%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 10 12 12
Current EPS $1.303 $3.565 $4.366
Month Ago EPS $1.357 $3.589 $4.339
# Rev Up 0 1 0
# Rev Down 1 0 2
Three Months Ago EPS $1.326 $3.619 $4.430
Year/Year Chg 46.4% (119.9%) (127.4%)
Financials ASH Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $1,842 $3,981 59%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $52 $70 56%
EPS (TTM) $1.149 $0.400 63%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $291 $388 64%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $233 $9 86%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $1,458 $1,682 71%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $4,365 $5,497 60%
Valuation ASH Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 1.78 1.48 47%
P/E 43.8 24.8 81%
Dividend Yield 2.3% 1.3% 79%
PEG (5yr hist) na 2.0 na
Ratios ASH Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 33.4% 29.8% 40%
Net Margin 2.8% 2.8% 41%
ROA 1.1% 2.1% 48%
ROE 2.8% 4.8% 40%
Liabilities to Assets 59.2% 53.6% 53%
F-Score 5 5 51%

Ashland Inc. did not pass any screens on 7/31/2026.

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