Ashland/$ASH
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About Ashland
Ashland Inc. is a specialty materials company serving markets including pharmaceuticals, personal care, food and beverages, coatings, construction, energy, and electronics. It operates through four segments: Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates. Life Sciences contributes the highest revenue, offering functional additives for pharmaceutical and nutrition applications. Personal Care provides ingredients for skin, hair, oral care, and household products, while Specialty Additives supplies performance-enhancing additives for coatings and. Intermediates produce BDO and related derivatives used in polymers, electronics, agriculture, and pharmaceutical applications. The company generates sales across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and regions.
- Ticker
- $ASH
- Sector
- Materials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 2,900
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, United States
- Website
- www.ashland.com
Ashland Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3.2B
61.33
$1.15
0.41
$1.67
2.38%
Price and volume
Market cap
$3.2B
Beta
0.41
52-week high
$78.25
52-week low
$46.30
Average daily volume
640K
Dividend rate
$1.67
Financial strength
Current ratio
3.047
Quick ratio
1.601
Long term debt to equity
0.78
Total debt to equity
0.789
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
146.15%
Interest coverage (TTM)
4.61%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
364
Gross margin (TTM)
34.96%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.82%
Operating margin (TTM)
9.72%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
40.00%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$640,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.43%
Return on equity (TTM)
3.99%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
61.331
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.731
Price to book
1.73
Price to tangible book (TTM)
4.91
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
15.482
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
6.46%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
4.552
Dividend yield (TTM)
2.37%
Forward dividend yield
2.38%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
-1.44%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-106.16%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-7.22%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-6.34%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-36.06%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-9.16%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
6.20%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
0.65%
What the Analysts think about Ashland
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Ashland stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Ashland stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Ancora Alternatives has built a significant stake in Ashland and is pushing for a sale that could unlock at least 30% upside to the share price, serving as a strong catalyst (Reuters (investing.com)).
Ashland is reported to be nearing a settlement with activist investor Ancora that would add two directors to its board and establish a capital allocation committee, strengthening governance and capital discipline (Bloomberg News via Investing.com (investing.com)).
A Bloomberg report indicates Ashland is exploring a strategic sale after receiving takeover interest, highlighting the likelihood of an M&A process that could deliver a premium to shareholders (Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)).
Ashland lowered its adjusted EPS growth outlook to low-to-mid-single-digit growth from mid-to-high-single-digit growth due to a higher tax rate and unfavorable discrete items, signaling earnings headwinds (Reuters via TradingView News (tradingview.com)).
Activist Ancora stands ready to launch a proxy fight by September if Ashland does not pursue a strategic sale, creating governance uncertainty and potential management distraction (Reuters (investing.com)).
Ancora’s presentation attributed Ashland’s lackluster performance and 24% share-price decline under CEO Guillermo Novo’s transformation program to flawed execution of non-core divestitures and cost-cutting initiatives since 2019 (Reuters (investing.com)).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 25 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing Ashland
AllEURUSDGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $ASH weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.11% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap$SPY4 | $6.3B | 0.09% |
SPDR S&P 400 US Mid Cap£SPX4 | £4.7B | 0.09% |
SPDR MSCI All Country World IM€SPYI | €7.5B | 0.05% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.03% |
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