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

Ashland Inc. (ASH) Free cash flow

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Ashland Inc.'s free cash flow for fiscal 2026 was $303.0M, up 482.7% from $52.0M in fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from −$475.0M (fiscal 2015) to $366.0M (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. Ashland Inc. ranks 15th of 59 Specialty Chemicals companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2026 $303.0M 482.69%
FY2025 $52.0M (84.00%)
FY2024 $325.0M 140.74%
FY2023 $135.0M 3.05%
FY2022 $131.0M (64.21%)
FY2021 $366.0M 269.70%
FY2020 $99.0M 4,850.00%
FY2019 $2.0M (97.73%)
FY2018 $88.0M 700.00%
FY2017 $11.0M (92.95%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $55.0M (45.00%)
Jun 2026 $100.0M 203.03%
Mar 2026 $33.0M (71.30%)
Dec 2025 $115.0M 945.45%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −$475.0M High $366.0M
Ten-year median $115.0M
Current reading's percentile 83

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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