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) P/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Ashland Inc. (ASH) trades at a P/S ratio of 1.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (February 2016) to 3.1× (September 2021); the current reading is higher than 56% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2026 1.7× 38.79%
FY2025 1.2× (40.09%)
FY2024 2.0× 4.58%
FY2023 1.9× (11.73%)
FY2022 2.2× (13.75%)
FY2021 2.5× 18.04%
FY2020 2.1× (3.51%)
FY2019 2.2× 8.54%
FY2018 2.0× 61.38%
FY2017 1.3× 42.74%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.7× 1.91%
Jun 2026 1.6× 16.30%
Mar 2026 1.4× (5.37%)
Dec 2025 1.5× 23.74%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 3.1×
Ten-year median 1.8×
Current reading's percentile 52

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 0.8×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 0.8×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 1.0×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 1.2×
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 1.3×
ASH Ashland Inc. 1.9×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 2.8×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 4.4×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 5.6×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.6×
Basic Materials sector median 1.6×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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