Ashland Inc.

General ticker "ASH" information:

  • Sector: Materials
  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Capitalization: $2.6B (TTM average)

Ashland Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 13.1%.

Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 56.85$, high 59.53$

Factors to consider:

  • Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-09-01, amount 0.41$ (Y2.81%)
  • Total employees count: 3200 (-15.8%) as of 2024
  • US accounted for 29.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-09-30
  • Top business risk factors: Strategic risks and growth management, Catastrophic events, Economic downturns and volatility, Climate change and natural disasters, Water scarcity
  • Current price 14.3% below estimated low
  • Earnings for 12 months up through Q4 are below 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 2024-09-30 to 2026-09-30

  • 2024-09-30 to 2025-09-30 estimated range: [66.16$, 102.79$]
  • 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30 estimated range: [68.03$, 105.51$]

Financial Metrics affecting the ASH estimates:

  • Negative: with PPE of 19.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
  • Positive: -3.60 < Operating profit margin, % of -1.22
  • Positive: 2.97 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 5.28
  • Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.41
  • Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 10.83
  • Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -1.72 <= -0.75
  • Negative: 0.79 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.24
  • Positive: 41.86 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 50.81 <= 63.39
  • Positive: -4.48 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.20
  • Positive: 0 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 2.27

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Financial data

YTD 2022-09-30 2023-09-30 2024-09-30
Operating Revenue $2,391.00MM $2,191.00MM $2,113.00MM
Operating Expenses $2,058.00MM $2,019.00MM $2,139.00MM
Operating Income $333.00MM $172.00MM $-26.00MM
Non-Operating Income $-127.00MM $-12.00MM $2.00MM
Interest Expense $66.00MM $12.00MM $53.00MM
R&D Expense $55.00MM $51.00MM $55.00MM
Income(Loss) $206.00MM $160.00MM $-24.00MM
Taxes $25.00MM $-8.00MM $-223.00MM
Profit(Loss)* $927.00MM $178.00MM $169.00MM
Stockholders Equity $3,220.00MM $3,097.00MM $2,868.00MM
Inventory $629.00MM $626.00MM $545.00MM
Assets $6,213.00MM $5,939.00MM $5,645.00MM
Operating Cash Flow $193.00MM $294.00MM $462.00MM
Capital expenditure $113.00MM $170.00MM $137.00MM
Investing Cash Flow $-102.00MM $-109.00MM $-51.00MM
Financing Cash Flow $-896.00MM $-371.00MM $-479.00MM
Earnings Per Share** $17.17 $3.36 $3.45

* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.