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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Ashland Inc. (ASH) trades at a price to free cash flow of 11.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2020) to 2,444× (November 2019); the current reading is higher than 19% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.1× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 10.3× (75.67%)
FY2025 42.4× 223.22%
FY2024 13.1× (58.10%)
FY2023 31.3× (21.51%)
FY2022 39.9× 172.92%
FY2021 14.6× (66.57%)
FY2020 43.7× (98.17%)
FY2019 2,389× 3,861.98%
FY2018 60.3× (83.98%)
FY2017 376× 1,568.91%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 10.3× (11.89%)
Jun 2026 11.7× 16.20%
Mar 2026 10.1× (17.90%)
Dec 2025 12.3× (71.06%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 2,444×
Ten-year median 24.3×
Current reading's percentile 19

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ASH Ashland Inc. 11.6×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 17.5×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 17.6×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 25.0×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 31.0×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 33.6×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 52.0×
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 66.5×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 121×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.1×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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