Ashland Inc. (ASH) stock
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $3.50BP/E –Yield 2.14%
Ashland Inc. saw revenue fall 1.4% to $1.84B over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026. Free cash flow was $250.00M, up 247.2% from a year earlier. At the latest close the market valued the company at $3.50B.
Key statistics
Valuation at the latest close; fundamentals over the trailing twelve months, balances at Jun 30, 2026
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.50B
- P/E ratio
- –
- Price to sales
- 1.90
- Price to book
- 1.87
- Dividend yield
- 2.14%
- Free cash flow yield
- 7.14%
Fundamentals
- Revenue
- $1.84B
- EPS, diluted
- -$18.23
- Free cash flow
- $250.00M
- Book value per share
- $40652173.91
- Diluted shares
- 0M
Trading
- Next earnings
- Feb 1, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
- Previous close
- $75.27
- Open
- $75.67
- Day's range
- $74.05 – $76.67
- Volume
- 1,029,082
- Average volume (20 days)
- 735,395
- Index membership
- S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000 (since Jun 2026), Russell 3000
- Beta (5 years)
- 0.92
- 52-week range
- $48.00 – $79.50
- RSI (14 days)
- 60.9
- Volatility (1 year)
- 37.7%
- Relative volume
- 1.53×
- WACC
- 8.3%
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Index membership is inferred from the holdings of funds that track each index (IJH, SPMD, IWM, IWV), as reported to the SEC for Jun 30, 2026. Join dates come from quarterly fund reports since 2019, so they are accurate to the quarter.
Market cap history
Month-end market cap since 2014, using shares outstanding reported at the time
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | ASH | S&P 500 | Difference | ASH per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +5.3% | -3.0% | +8.3 pts | ||
| 3 months | +4.9% | -2.8% | +7.6 pts | ||
| Year to date | +32.9% | +11.5% | +21.4 pts | ||
| 1 year | +48.0% | +13.5% | +34.6 pts | ||
| 3 years | +12.4% | +77.7% | −65.3 pts | +4.0% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | -20.5% | +72.6% | −93.1 pts | -4.5% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +72.0% | +308.2% | −236.1 pts | +5.6% | +15.1% |
Thirteen years at a glance
Fiscal years 2013 to 2025 and trailing twelve months, USD
Revenue
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income
EPS, diluted
Free cash flow
Press releases
Releases Ashland filed with the SEC as exhibits to Form 8-K or 6-K
- Results
- Update
- Results
- Results
- Results
- Results
About Ashland
Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products
Ashland Inc. produces specialty additives and functional ingredients for consumer and industrial applications across four operating segments: Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates. Life Sciences provides pharmaceutical polymers and nutritional formulation ingredients to drug manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and food producers. Personal Care supplies nature-derived ingredients, active compounds, and specialty polymers to consumer brands for skin care, hair care, oral care, and cleaning products. Specialty Additives manufactures performance-enhancing additives and rheology modifiers for paint, construction, and energy companies. The Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and chemical solvents for industrial, polymer, and electronic manufacturing.
Company profile, executives and historyAshland stock: common questions
What is Ashland's stock price?
ASH closed at $76.47 on Nov 13, 2026, up 1.59% on the day. Over the past 52 weeks it traded between $48.00 and $79.50.
What is Ashland's market cap?
Ashland was worth $3.50B at the close on Nov 13, 2026: the share price times the diluted shares outstanding.
What is ASH's P/E ratio?
Ashland lost money over fiscal 2025 (diluted EPS -$18.23), so it has no meaningful P/E ratio.
How much revenue does Ashland make?
Ashland reported revenue of $1.84B for the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, down 1.4% from a year earlier.
Does Ashland pay a dividend?
Yes. Ashland paid $1.64 per share over the last twelve months, a yield of 2.14% at the latest price, and has raised its annual dividend 7 years in a row.
When does Ashland report earnings next?
Ashland is expected to report Q1 FY2027 results on Feb 1, 2027, after the close. The date is estimated from its past reporting pattern until the company confirms it.
How has ASH stock performed over the past year?
Including dividends, ASH returned +48.0% over the past year, against +13.5% for the S&P 500.
How many ASH shares are sold short?
5M shares were sold short at the latest FINRA report, 12.34% of the float, or 12.1 days of average trading volume.
Who are Ashland's competitors?
Companies most similar to Ashland by business, industry and size include HWKN, NPT, IOSP, SCL, SXT.
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