Ashland Inc. ASH

69.06 (0.04) (0.06%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
60.6×
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P/E ratio
0.00 0.00 47.04 9.40 0.00 24.89 5.86 24.38 25.96 0.00
P/S ratio
0.89 1.27 2.05 2.22 2.15 2.53 2.18 1.93 2.02 1.21
P/FCF ratio
22.55 376.28 60.29 2,388.55 43.70 14.61 39.87 31.30 13.11 42.38
P/Operating CF
23.45 94.07 35.85 101.64 58.46 35.18 29.18 32.25 53.27 55.10
P/B ratio
1.11 1.22 1.56 1.34 1.42 1.94 1.62 1.36 1.49 1.16
Price to Tangible BV
0.00 0.00 0.00 20.77 6.01 23.98 5.53 4.98 5.79 3.47
EV/Sales
1.26 1.96 2.91 2.89 2.84 3.37 2.45 2.35 2.52 1.88
EV/EBITDA
12.40 12.46 19.48 16.52 0.00 16.04 10.10 12.20 20.97 19.56
EV/Operating CF
12.97 36.74 31.29 44.37 25.22 15.25 30.40 17.48 11.53 25.54
EV/FCF
32.02 581.10 85.68 3,106.05 57.83 19.42 44.78 38.06 16.39 65.82
Quick Ratio
1.25 1.22 0.76 0.94 1.10 0.62 1.90 1.66 1.11 1.08
Current Ratio
2.33 1.97 1.59 1.89 1.90 1.84 3.20 3.30 2.44 2.85
Net Debt/EBITDA
5.47 5.33 5.78 3.82 (6.63) 3.97 1.11 2.17 4.13 6.68
Debt/Assets
24.95% 32.71% 30.62% 22.99% 26.94% 29.79% 20.75% 22.39% 23.90% 30.02%
Debt/Equity
0.79 0.83 0.74 0.47 0.61 0.72 0.40 0.43 0.47 0.73
Asset Turnover
0.30 0.25 0.31 0.28 0.29 0.31 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.36
Operating CF/Net income
(13.28) 174.00 2.11 0.28 (0.45) 2.12 0.21 1.65 2.73 (0.16)
Capex/Depreciation
(0.72) (0.44) (0.54) (0.48) (0.51) (0.40) (0.25) (0.64) (0.49) (0.09)
Interest Coverage
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
ROE
(0.94%) 0.03% 3.35% 14.48% (15.38%) 7.60% 31.04% 5.64% 5.67% (35.41%)
ROA
(0.29%) 0.01% 1.35% 6.51% (7.19%) 3.26% 14.46% 2.93% 2.92% (16.48%)
ROIC
(0.67%) 0.54% 1.13% 1.07% (6.50%) 2.66% 5.39% 2.68% (0.41%) (15.76%)
Return on Tangible Assets
(0.82%) 0.03% 5.00% 22.41% (22.89%) 9.95% 36.31% 7.35% 8.42% (42.61%)
Average Days of Receivables
63.96 96.74 73.59 81.73 79.12 63.80 61.37 56.31 41.98 48.43
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
2.88% 3.16% 2.82% 2.70% 2.78% 2.37% 2.30% 2.33% 2.60% 2.96%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
28.42% 26.42% 23.14% 19.83% 19.84% 16.96% 16.44% 16.66% 19.12% 18.86%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.32 0.44 0.42 0.46 0.34 0.38 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.28
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
1.09% 1.00% 1.20% 1.49% 0.74% 0.81% 0.79% 1.10% 0.71% 0.60%
Graham Net Nets
(1.12) (0.80) (0.59) (0.47) (0.53) (0.40) (0.23) (0.32) (0.37) (0.68)
Graham Number
0.00 0.00 46.66 103.09 0.00 60.78 146.13 65.57 66.42 0.00
Earnings Yield
(1.06%) 0.00% 2.13% 10.64% (11.84%) 4.02% 17.07% 4.10% 3.85% (38.30%)
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.44% 0.27% 1.66% 0.04% 2.29% 6.84% 2.51% 3.20% 7.63% 2.36%
Revenue per Share
47.92 37.24 41.10 34.65 33.05 35.18 43.47 41.34 43.12 39.65
Operating CF per Share
6.11 2.81 3.83 2.26 3.72 7.77 3.51 5.55 9.43 2.91
Capex per Share
(3.63) (2.63) (2.43) (2.23) (2.10) (1.67) (1.13) (3.00) (2.80) (1.78)
Free Cash Flow per Share
2.48 0.18 1.40 0.03 1.62 6.10 2.38 2.55 6.63 1.13
Cash per Share
16.14 9.13 4.67 3.74 7.44 3.50 11.75 7.87 6.12 4.67
Shareholders Equity per Share
50.24 54.94 54.06 57.60 49.77 45.87 58.55 58.43 58.53 41.39
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
50.24 54.94 54.06 57.60 49.77 45.87 58.55 58.43 58.53 41.39
Free Cash Flow
156.00 11.00 88.00 2.00 99.00 366.00 131.00 135.00 325.00 52.00
Working Capital
1,650.00 935.00 636.00 676.00 734.00 783.00 1,215.00 1,050.00 705.00 782.00
Capital Expenditures
(229.00) (163.00) (153.00) (138.00) (128.00) (100.00) (62.00) (159.00) (137.00) (82.00)
Net Current Asset Value
(3,947.00) (3,309.00) (3,141.00) (2,247.00) (2,294.00) (2,143.00) (1,225.00) (1,336.00) (1,582.00) (1,502.00)
EV/EBIT
60.18 45.99 73.92 72.23 0.00 37.02 17.62 29.87 0.00 0.00
Capex to Sales
0.08 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.07 0.06 0.05
Net Profit Margin
(0.96%) 0.04% 4.40% 23.51% (25.20%) 10.42% 38.77% 8.12% 8.00% (46.33%)
Price to Operating Income
42.38 29.78 52.01 55.55 0.00 27.85 15.69 24.56 0.00 0.00
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.17 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.79
Cash ROIC
(22.69%) (26.45%) (22.56%) (26.27%) (23.54%) (19.48%) (22.21%) (22.27%) (18.62%) (30.46%)
Accounts Receivable Turnover
4.05 4.05 4.57 4.28 4.39 5.24 6.20 5.92 7.27 7.52
Accounts Payable Turnover
4.49 4.03 4.66 4.65 5.41 6.45 6.23 6.41 7.05 6.33
Inventory Turnover
3.42 2.69 2.81 2.51 2.57 2.94 2.83 2.43 2.55 2.29
Average Days of Payables
64.37 94.48 70.00 76.32 54.35 59.78 61.96 50.33 52.25 54.11
Days of Inventory on Hand
92.28 146.46 126.04 145.56 130.34 119.81 147.08 150.03 133.06 162.60
Average Receivables
745.00 570.50 567.00 501.50 459.00 403.00 385.50 370.00 290.50 242.50
Average Payables
474.50 392.50 370.00 322.00 262.00 223.50 250.50 237.50 212.00 201.50
Average Inventory
622.50 586.50 615.00 596.50 551.50 489.50 551.00 627.50 585.50 556.50
Average Assets
10,027.00 9,309.00 8,438.50 7,755.00 7,064.00 6,744.50 6,412.50 6,076.00 5,792.00 5,128.00
Average Common Equity
3,101.00 3,285.50 3,406.00 3,488.50 3,303.50 2,894.00 2,986.00 3,158.50 2,982.50 2,386.00

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