Ashland Inc. (ASH)

US — Basic Materials Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol ASH
  • Rev/Share 41.4894
  • Book/Share 54.4468
  • PB 0.9093
  • Debt/Equity 0.5811
  • CurrentRatio 2.3218
  • ROIC -0.0119

 

  • MktCap 2262334695.0
  • FreeCF/Share 0.9149
  • PFCF 52.6124
  • PE -18.6158
  • Debt/Assets 0.2842
  • DivYield 0.0329
  • ROE -0.0455

 

  • Rating C+
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 1
  • DCF Score 5
  • P/B Score 3
  • D/E Score 2

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Downgrade ASH Wells Fargo Overweight Equal Weight -- -- May 1, 2025
Upgrade ASH JP Morgan Neutral Overweight $68 $71 March 26, 2025
Downgrade ASH Seaport Research Partners Buy Neutral -- -- March 5, 2025

News

Why Is Ashland (ASH) Up 3.9% Since Last Earnings Report?
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Published: May 30, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Ashland (ASH) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?

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Valvoline Inc. Announces Kevin Willis as Chief Financial Officer
ASH, VVV
Published: May 08, 2025 by: PRNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

Valvoline Inc. announces that Kevin Willis will become the Company's next Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective May 19, 2025 Current CFO, Mary Meixelsperger, whose planned retirement was announced October 2024, will remain with the company through a transition period LEXINGTON, Ky. , May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Valvoline Inc. (NYSE: VVV), the quick, easy, trusted leader in preventive automotive maintenance, today announced that Kevin Willis will succeed Mary Meixelsperger as Valvoline Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer effective May 19.

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Ashland board authorizes quarterly dividend
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Published: May 06, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

WILMINGTON, Del., May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The board of directors of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.415 cents per share on the company's common stock which represents a 2.5 percent increase from the previous quarter.

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Ashland's Q2 Earnings and Revenues Miss Estimates, Down Y/Y
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Published: May 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

ASH's fiscal second-quarter sales are adversely impacted by the portfolio optimization actions.

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Ashland Presents Attractive Upside Emerging From The Downcycle
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Published: February 27, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Ashland is generating attractive free cash flow and is well-positioned to achieve its 2027 target of $600 million EBITDA and 50% FCF conversion rate. Despite the stock selling off over the last 8 months, Ashland's strategic acquisitions and divestitures have strengthened its market position, with a focus on high-margin, patent-protected products. Ashland's strong balance sheet, low leverage, and fixed-rate debt provide stability and flexibility to navigate the current downcycle in the specialty chemicals sector.

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About Ashland Inc. (ASH)

  • IPO Date 1980-03-17
  • Website https://www.ashland.com
  • Industry Chemicals - Specialty
  • CEO Mr. Guillermo Novo
  • Employees 3200

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates through Life Sciences; Personal Care & Household; Specialty Additives; and Intermediates and Solvents segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. The Personal Care & Household segment provides a range of nature-based, 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. The Intermediates and Solvents 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, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.