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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Long-term ASH plot with estimates
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.