Ashland Inc.
General ticker "ASH" information:
- Sector: Materials
- Industry: Chemicals - Specialty
- Capitalization: $2.5B (TTM average)
Ashland Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 47.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 67.15$, high 68.99$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-28 amc
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-06-01, amount 0.42$ (Y2.45%)
- Total employees count: 2900 (-9.4%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 29.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-09-30
- Top business risk factors: Aggressive growth goals, Supply chain disruptions, Geopolitical risks, Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats
- Current price 14.5% above estimated high
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-09-30 to 2027-09-30
- 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30 estimated range: [35.24$, 59.94$]
- 2026-09-30 to 2027-09-30 estimated range: [35.88$, 60.39$]
Financial Metrics affecting the ASH estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 14.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Negative: negative Operating income
- Positive: 0.02 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.17
- Negative: negative Net income
- Positive: -0.03 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 5.90
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.13 > -0.60
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.88 <= -0.15
- Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 41.29 <= 42.57
Short-term ASH quotes
Long-term ASH plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,191.00MM | $2,113.00MM | $1,824.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,019.00MM | $2,139.00MM | $2,599.00MM |
| Operating Income | $172.00MM | $-26.00MM | $-775.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-12.00MM | $2.00MM | $-34.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $12.00MM | $53.00MM | $63.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $51.00MM | $55.00MM | $54.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $160.00MM | $-24.00MM | $-809.00MM |
| Taxes | $-8.00MM | $-223.00MM | $13.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $178.00MM | $169.00MM | $-845.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $3,097.00MM | $2,868.00MM | $1,904.00MM |
| Inventory | $626.00MM | $545.00MM | $568.00MM |
| Assets | $5,939.00MM | $5,645.00MM | $4,611.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $294.00MM | $462.00MM | $134.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $170.00MM | $137.00MM | $98.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-109.00MM | $-51.00MM | $-3.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-371.00MM | $-479.00MM | $-179.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.36 | $3.45 | $-18.37 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.