Ashland Inc.

ASH Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Ashland Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended September 2026) was $1.9 billion, up 2.14% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+4.40%
EPS
+102.2%
Free cash flow
+400.0%
Total debt
−0.94%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

76.54 0.10 +0.13%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
67.1×
Fwd P/E
39.4×
Dividend yield
2.18%
F-score
n/a
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
−2.61
Dividend safety
47/100
Sep '26 Sep '25 Sep '24 Sep '23 Sep '22 Sep '21 Sep '20 Sep '19 Sep '18 Sep '17
P/E ratio
59.58 0.00 25.96 24.38 5.86 24.89 0.00 9.40 47.04 0.00
Piotroski F-Score
— 5 5 5 8 7 5 6 7 6
Altman Z-Score
— 1.23 2.25 2.44 2.67 1.98 1.42 1.85 1.57 1.32
P/S ratio
1.68 1.21 2.02 1.93 2.18 2.53 2.15 2.22 2.05 1.27
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
— 2.35 3.79 4.47 4.69 3.10 2.34 3.16 2.41 2.46
P/FCF ratio
10.31 42.38 13.11 31.30 39.87 14.61 43.70 2,388.55 60.29 376.28
Beneish M-Score
(2.61) (3.64) (2.98) (2.65) (2.39) (2.89) (3.13) (2.50) (2.68) (2.47)
P/Operating CF
34.71 55.10 53.27 32.25 29.18 35.18 58.46 101.64 35.85 94.07
P/B ratio
1.64 1.16 1.49 1.36 1.62 1.94 1.42 1.34 1.56 1.22
Dividend Safety Score
47 16 — — — — — — — —
EV/Sales
2.16 1.88 2.52 2.35 2.45 3.37 2.84 2.89 2.91 1.96
EV/EBITDA
11.95 19.56 20.97 12.20 10.10 16.04 0.00 16.52 19.48 12.46
EV/FCF
13.25 65.82 16.39 38.06 44.78 19.42 57.83 3,106.05 85.68 581.10
Current Ratio
2.96 2.85 2.44 3.30 3.20 1.84 1.90 1.89 1.59 1.97
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.99 6.68 4.13 2.17 1.11 3.97 (6.63) 3.82 5.78 5.33
Debt/Equity
0.74 0.73 0.47 0.43 0.40 0.72 0.61 0.47 0.74 0.83
ROE
0.00% (35.41%) 5.67% 5.64% 31.04% 7.60% (15.38%) 14.48% 3.35% 0.03%
ROA
0.09% (16.48%) 2.92% 2.93% 14.46% 3.26% (7.19%) 6.51% 1.35% 0.01%
ROIC
2.40% (15.76%) (0.41%) 2.68% 5.39% 2.66% (6.50%) 1.07% 1.13% 0.54%
Return on Tangible Assets
0.20% (42.61%) 8.42% 7.35% 36.31% 9.95% (22.89%) 22.41% 5.00% 0.03%
Average Days of Receivables
52.11 48.43 41.98 56.31 61.37 63.80 79.12 81.73 73.59 96.74
Earnings Yield
1.68% (38.30%) 3.85% 4.10% 17.07% 4.02% (11.84%) 10.64% 2.13% 0.00%
Free Cash Flow Yield
9.70% 2.36% 7.63% 3.20% 2.51% 6.84% 2.29% 0.04% 1.66% 0.27%
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.00 1.13 6.63 2.55 2.38 6.10 1.62 0.03 1.40 0.18
Book value per Share
0.00 41.39 58.53 58.43 58.55 45.87 49.77 57.60 54.06 54.94
Free Cash Flow
303.00 52.00 325.00 135.00 131.00 366.00 99.00 2.00 88.00 11.00
EV/EBIT
38.24 0.00 0.00 29.87 17.62 37.02 0.00 72.23 73.92 45.99
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026