Inside the research
Ashland Inc.
ASH Research profile · latest available data
Price overview
$69.06
▼ -0.04 (-0.1%)
| 52w hi | $76.01 |
|---|---|
| 52w lo | $46.20 |
| Vol | 549.40K |
| As of | 25 Sep 2026 |
The Verdict
Our score +0.31
| Short | +0.53 |
|---|---|
| Medium | +0.27 |
| Long | -0.06 |
computed 2026-09-27
Key fundamentals
Ashland Inc.
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
| Market cap | $3.16B |
|---|---|
| Enterprise value | $4.20B |
| Trailing P/E | 44.27x |
| Forward P/E | 16.02x |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.53x |
| P / S (ttm) | 1.72x |
| Profit margin | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 4.0% |
| Revenue growth | +7.3% |
| Debt / equity | 78.93 |
Layer Breakdown
| Layer | Raw | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamental | +0.16 | |
| Sector | -0.02 | |
| Technical | +0.34 | |
| Earnings | +0.00 | |
| Sentiment | +0.00 |
macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27
Business overview
Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; and nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; agricultural chemicals; diagnostic films; and fine chemicals. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of natural, nature-derived, 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. Its Intermediates 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, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Risk Metrics
| Beta vs SPX | 1.05 |
|---|---|
| Corr SPX | 0.45 |
| Annual vol | 37.7% |
| Annual ret | -4.6% |
| Sharpe | -0.12 |
| Max DD | -47.0% |
Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)
Analyst Coverage
| Mean PT | $64.18 |
|---|---|
| High / Low | $75.00 / $50.00 |
| Median | $65.00 |
| Analysts | 11 |
| Strong Buy | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Buy | 8 | |
| Hold | 3 | |
| Sell | 0 | |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
Recent rating actions
| 2026-05-06 | Seaport Global | → Buy |
| 2026-04-30 | Wells Fargo | → Equal-Weight |
| 2026-04-30 | JP Morgan | → Overweight |
| 2026-03-23 | Argus Research | → Buy |
| 2026-02-18 | Evercore ISI Group | → In-Line |
| 2026-02-04 | JP Morgan | → Overweight |
Material Events
| Date | Event | 8-K |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Material Agreement, Material Obligation… | read |
| 2026-07-28 | Material Agreement, Officer / Director Change… | read |
| 2026-07-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-05-29 | Material Agreement, Material Obligation… | read |
| 2026-05-18 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-04-28 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-02-02 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2026-01-27 | Officer / Director Change, Exhibits | read |
| 2026-01-22 | Shareholder Vote | read |
| 2025-11-04 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
| 2025-09-18 | Officer / Director Change | read |
| 2025-07-29 | Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure… | read |
Flow & Concentration
| Insider 180d net | $0 |
|---|---|
| Insider buys / sells | 0 / 0 |
| Insider bias | Neutral |
| 13F holders | 7 |
| Top-5 share | 99.8% |
| HHI | 4,095 (concentrated) |
Top Holders
| Holder | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| State Street Corp | $124.64M | 1.89M |
| AQR Capital Management | $116.77M | 1.82M |
| Capital Research / Capital World | $15.37M | 233.25K |
| Citadel Advisors | $7.02M | 106.60K |
| Millennium Management | $3.89M | 59.04K |
| Fidelity / FMR LLC | $564.69K | 8.57K |
| T. Rowe Price Group | $3.94K | 59.81K |
As of 2026-06-30
SEC Filings
The Long Run
FY 2016–2025 · 9 years
| Line | Latest | CAGR | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.82B | -7.0% | |
| Gross profit | $549.00M | -5.8% | |
| Operating income | -$775.00M | +9.0% | |
| Net income | $505.00M | +27.8% |
Indices
Recent Sessions
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | $69.10 | $69.67 | $68.60 | $69.06 | 549.40K |
| Sep 24 | $69.09 | $70.17 | $68.12 | $69.10 | 747.10K |
| Sep 23 | $69.25 | $70.05 | $68.52 | $69.01 | 704.40K |
| Sep 22 | $70.15 | $71.10 | $69.06 | $69.66 | 885.40K |
| Sep 21 | $69.98 | $69.99 | $68.62 | $69.06 | 571.20K |
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