ASHAshland Inc
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Materials companies in USA (n = 71)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- 12-month trend (ex last month)supports the score · percentile 91
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · percentile 21
- Revenue growth (5 y, a year)weighs on the score · percentile 4
Red flags and notes
- Sources disagree Dividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.
Our sources disagree or are incomplete for this instrument.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 62.8
- P/B
- 1.7
- P/S
- 1.8
- EV/EBIT
- 30.7
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 7.7%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €2.9B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 2.8%
- Return on invested capital
- 3.0%
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 2.85
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2.34%
- Payout ratio
- 159%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 7.7%
- Years of dividend growth
- 17
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- −1.8%
- 1 month
- +2.4%
- 1 year
- +49.6%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 38.2%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −24.2%
- Beta
- 1.06
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
News and filings
- ASHLAND INC.: 8-K — Material agreement; new financial obligation
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 25 Sep 2026
- ASHLAND INC.: 8-K/A (amendment) — Director or officer change
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 10 Aug 2026
- ASHLAND INC.: 8-K — Material agreement; new financial obligation
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 31 Jul 2026
- ASHLAND INC.: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 2026-06-30
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 29 Jul 2026
- ASHLAND INC.: 8-K — Material agreement; director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 28 Jul 2026
- ASHLAND INC.: 8-K — Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 28 Jul 2026
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 5/10 | 5 · 3 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 4 → 5/10 | 5 · 4 | removed: Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 4/10 | 4 · 3 | Caution:Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro |
Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.
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