Ashland Inc (ASH) valuation against sector peers: P/E 67.6 (sector median 22.9), P/B 1.9, EV/EBIT 32.5, free-cash-flow yield 7.1%, P/S 1.9.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Metric	ASH	Sector median	vs median
P/E	67.6	22.9 · n=64	195% above
P/B	1.9	2.1 · n=82	9% below
P/S	1.9	1.2 · n=82	56% above
EV/EBIT	32.5	19.8 · n=50	64% above
Free-cash-flow yield	7.1%	3.7% · n=80	94% above
Dividend yield	2.17%	1.33% · n=89	63% above
Return on equity	2.8%	10.3% · n=84	73% below
Return on invested capital	3.0%	6.4% · n=65	52% below
Gross margin	31.5%	23.9% · n=83	32% above
Net debt / EBITDA	2.85	2.41 · n=60	18% above

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.

Value factor: 47 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

Instrument	P/E	P/B	EV/EBIT	Free-cash-flow yield	Dividend yield	Smart Score
NEMNewmont	13.5	3.5	—	8.1%	0.9%	9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan	25.3	4.1	14.3	—	0.9%	5/10
SHWSherwin-Williams	32.1	21.6	—	3.6%	1.1%	8/10
ECLEcolab	41.2	8.2	33.9	2.1%	1.0%	7/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals	—	5.0	—	−0.4%	2.3%	1/10
CR CRHCRH plc	18.1	2.6	15.0	3.9%	1.2%	5/10
NUENucor	16.1	2.5	—	4.6%	0.9%	9/10
WCNWaste Connections	42.2	6.1	32.4	2.6%	0.8%	6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials	16.3	2.1	38.3	2.3%	0.6%	1/10
VMCVulcan Materials	33.4	4.4	25.4	2.1%	0.7%	5/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Jun 2026 · filed 29 Jul 2026

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