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ASH

ASHLAND INC.

Next earnings Jul 27, 2026 (after close) · consensus $1.12 EPS, $491M rev

Last earnings -1.2% on 2026-04-28

Avoid
$63.94
▼ -0.76%
$63.94▲ +34.93%
over 1Y
L $46.46EODHDH $67.92
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today-0.8%
1W-5.5%
1M+12.4%
3M+21.1%
YTD+8.3%
1Y+34.9%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
D
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Watch
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)
Street · 16 analysts
Buy

Revenue fell -13.7% YoY.

ASHLAND INC. shows $1.82B in FY2025 revenue (-13.7% YoY), a -46.3% net margin, and -44.4% ROE.

Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$2.11B$2.39B$2.19B$2.11B$1.82B
Gross profit$670M$830M$668M$618M$549M
Operating income$192M$333M$172M-$26.0M-$775M
Net income$220M$927M$178M$169M-$845M
Diluted EPS$3.59$16.41$3.31$3.36-$18.23
Net margin10.4%38.8%8.1%8.0%-46.3%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$4.09B
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales2.2
EV / FCF113.7
P / FCF81.2
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-28.9%
FCF yield1.2%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)-18.6%
Free cash flow$36.0M
Total debt$1.38B
Net cash-$1.17B
Piotroski F-Score6/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield3.4%
Dividend yield (est.)2.6%
Shareholder yield6.0%
Shares Δ YoY-3.0%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Some governance/structural items recently, but no outright red flags.
  1. 8-K Material agreement2026-05-29
  2. 8-K Officer / director change2026-05-18
  3. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-04-29
  4. 8-K Earnings results2026-04-28
  5. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-02-03
  6. 8-K Earnings results2026-02-02
  7. 8-K Officer / director change2026-01-27
  8. 8-K Shareholder vote2026-01-22
  9. DEF 14A Proxy statement2025-12-09

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
11-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-06-17open ↗11-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-06-17open ↗11-KPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-06-17open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-282026-05-29open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-152026-05-18open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-152026-05-18open ↗3Period ending 2026-05-152026-05-18open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-05-18open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-05-12open ↗4Period ending 2026-05-082026-05-11open ↗SCHEDULE 13D/AFiling2026-05-06open ↗SCHEDULE 13GFiling2026-04-29open ↗

Quality score

D
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA-
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthC
Momentum—
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✗Return on equity above 15%
Revenue
$1.82B
-13.7% YoY
Net margin
-46.3%
ROE
-44.4%
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'21'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$1.82B-13.7%
Net income-$845M-600.0%
Gross profit$549M-11.2%
Operating income-$775M-2880.8%
Diluted EPS-$18.23-642.6%
Cash & equivalents$215M-28.3%
Total assets$4.61B-18.3%
Stockholders' equity$1.90B-33.6%
Gross: 30.1%Op.: -42.5%

Frequently asked

Is ASHLAND INC. (ASH) a buy?
ASH currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Revenue fell -13.7% YoY.
What is ASHLAND INC.'s quality score?
ASH scores 42.45098039215686/100 (grade D) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001674862, latest 10-Q filed 2026-04-29) · EODHD · as of 6/26/2026, 6:48:20 PM.

Research and education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-05-08
MINICUCCI JAMES P.
SVP and GM, Personal Care
Exercise4.31K @ $55.01$237K
2026-05-08
MINICUCCI JAMES P.
SVP and GM, Personal Care
Tax1.35K @ $55.01$74.0K
2026-01-21
Kulkarni Ashish K
Director
Exercise2.11K

Dividends

Quarterly
Yield (TTM)
2.6%
Annual / share
$1.67
Last ex-date
2026-06-01
Last amount
$0.42
ex 2026-06-01paid 2026-06-15$0.42
ex 2026-02-27paid 2026-03-15$0.42
ex 2025-12-01paid 2025-12-15$0.42
ex 2025-08-29paid 2025-09-15$0.42
ex 2025-05-30paid 2025-06-15$0.42
ex 2025-02-28paid 2025-03-15$0.41

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-04-28Miss -3.8% est▼ -1.21%8-K ↗
2026-02-02Miss -1.4% est▲ +0.65%8-K ↗
2025-11-04Miss -14.0% est▼ -0.81%8-K ↗
2025-07-29Miss -16.2% est▼ -1.51%8-K ↗
2025-04-30—▲ +1.70%8-K ↗
2025-01-28—▲ +0.03%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Recent news

market news →
Jim Cramer on Ashland: “I Think It Could Go Higher”Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-19
Update: Market Chatter: Ashland Urged to Pursue Sale by Activist Investor Cruiser CapitalBearish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-18
Ashland (ASH) Stock After 30% Yearly Jump Is The Market Price Now JustifiedBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-12
Ashland Reaches Analyst Target PriceBullish
nasdaq.com· 2026-06-11
Ashland responds to investor presentation by Ancora Alternatives LLCBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2026-06-10
Ashland responds to investor presentation by Ancora Alternatives LLCBullish
globenewswire.com· 2026-06-10

Vs tracked universe

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1044 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score42 vs 67
Revenue growth-13.7% vs 7.1%
Net margin-46.3% vs 10.5%
Return on equity-44.4% vs 12.3%
P/E— vs 25.5

News sentiment

EODHD · 21d
Neutral
-0.02
vs typical · 31 articles
↑ improving

Recent news tone vs the market's typical (which skews positive). A soft signal, not a recommendation.