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Ashland Inc

ASH

47.923USD

-0.307-0.64%

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Ashland Inc

47.923

-0.307-0.64%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Ashland Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Ashland Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

7 / 70

Overall Ranking

114 / 4617

Industry

Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 13 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

61.230

Target Price

+25.21%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Ashland Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Ashland Inc. is a global additives and specialty ingredients company. The Company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceuticals. The Company’s segments include Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates. The Life Sciences segment consists of pharmaceuticals, nutrition, agricultural chemicals, diagnostic films and fine chemicals. The Personal Care segment includes bio functionals, microbial protectants (preservatives), skin care, sun care, oral care, hair care and household solutions. The Specialty Additives segment consists of rheology and performance-enhancing additives serving the architectural coatings, construction, energy, automotive and various industrial markets. The Intermediates segment consists of the production of 1,4 butanediol (BDO) and related derivatives, including n-methyl pyrrolidone.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 39.70%.

Undervalued

The company’s latest PB is 1.17, at a low 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 41.24M shares, decreasing 16.41% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Leon Cooperman

Star Investor Leon Cooperman holds 1.70M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company's current financial score is 7.49, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 463.00M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 14.89%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 12466.67%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.49

Change

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Financials

7.00

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

6.31

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

8.76

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

6.61

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

8.76

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Ashland Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company’s current valuation score is 8.16, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is -2.64, which is -1336.52% below the recent high of 32.64 and -4749.72% above the recent low of -128.02.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.16

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 7/70

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.69, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.25. The average price target for Ashland Inc is 61.50, with a high of 71.00 and a low of 52.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.69

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 13 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

61.230

Target Price

+26.95%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Ashland Inc

ASH

Huntsman Corp

HUN

Chemours Co

Ecovyst Inc

ECVT

LSB Industries Inc

LXU

Ingevity Corp

NGVT

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.22, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.53. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 50.67 and the support level at 46.47, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.54

Change

-0.32

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(4)

Neutral(1)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.002

Sell

RSI(14)

41.328

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

22.491

Sell

ATR(14)

1.140

Low Volatility

CCI(14)

-126.518

Sell

Williams %R

85.989

Oversold

TRIX(12,20)

-0.005

Sell

StochRSI(14)

0.000

Oversold

Moving Average

Sell(6)

Neutral(0)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

49.098

Sell

MA10

49.675

Sell

MA20

49.148

Sell

MA50

50.837

Sell

MA100

51.413

Sell

MA200

54.071

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.91. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 90.22%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 3.33%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 4.63M shares, representing 10.14% of shares outstanding, with 2.67% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

10.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

4.63M

-3.00%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

3.98M

-3.22%

AQR Capital Management, LLC

3.45M

+284.25%

MFS Investment Management

2.85M

+3.04%

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

2.51M

-4.65%

Omega Advisors, Inc.

Star Investors

1.70M

+0.35%

State Street Investment Management (US)

1.53M

-1.36%

Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.

Star Investors

1.50M

-11.08%

1832 Asset Management L.P.

1.37M

+11.66%

Shapiro Capital Management LLC

852.62K

+9.72%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-11-03

The company’s current risk assessment score is 7.93, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 5.83. The company's beta value is 0.48. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.