Ashland vs Innospec
ASH and IOSP side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ASH and IOSP compare
Ashland is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Innospec ($3.5B against $2.0B).
Innospec grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.7% versus −1.4% for Ashland).
Both pay dividends: Ashland yields 2.2% and Innospec 2.2%.
Innospec scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 6 for Ashland), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ASH | IOSP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.5B | $2.0B |
| Share price | $76.47 | $80.39 |
| Change, 1 year | 52.7% | 7.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −30.0% | −7.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.92 | 0.86 |
| Employees | 2,900 | 2,450 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.9× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.9× | 1.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.5× | 8.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 14.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 7.1% | – |
| Fair value | $60.96 | $109.30 |
| Margin of safety | −25.4% | 26.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.4% | 4.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.0% | 8.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 32.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.5% (better) | 27.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 8.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 13.6% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 2.8% | 12.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.73 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.85 | – |
| Current ratio | 3.05 (better) | 2.95 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.50 | 5.12 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.2% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 12 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.3% | 10.5% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.68% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 2.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 114% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 10.2% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$874K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.3% | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- ASH stock overview
- ASH income statement
- ASH valuation and score
- IOSP stock overview
- IOSP income statement
- IOSP valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.