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ASH Financials Ashland Inc.

12 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has declined 2.0% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has contracted, at -42.5% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 17.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($1.4B) exceeds cash ($215M); net debt is $1.2B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-5.7% vs -2.0% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense -387.5× in the latest year, down from -7.4× 5 years ago.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 12 consecutive years, consuming 211.1% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 2.9% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$845M $1B $3B $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-46% -4% 39% 0% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$476M -$58M $361M $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $2B $4B 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B -$285M $580M $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.8B -$845M 30.1% -42.5% $36M $1.4B $215M
2024 $2.1B $169M 29.2% -1.2% $325M $1.3B $300M
2023 $2.2B $178M 30.5% 7.9% $124M $1.3B $417M
2022 $2.4B $927M 34.7% 13.9% $80M $1.3B $646M
2021 $2.1B $220M 31.7% 9.1% $361M $2.0B $210M
2020 $2.0B -$508M 29.7% -22.9% $94M $1.9B $454M
2019 $2.1B $505M 30.3% 4.0% -$7M $1.7B $232M
2018 $2.6B $114M 33.3% 3.9% $84M $2.5B $294M
2017 $2.3B $28M 31.6% 2.1% $6M $2.8B $566M
2016 $3.0B -$28M 29.4% -1.7% $154M $2.5B $1.0B
2015 $309M -$476M $3.8B $1.3B
2014 $233M $332M $1.4B

Valuation over time

How the market has priced ASH against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 12.9 25.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.0 2.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.7 3.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is ASH growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Ashland Inc.'s revenue has declined 2.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does ASH have?

As of FY2025, Ashland Inc. reported $1.4B of total debt against $215M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -387.5×.

What is ASH's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 30.1%, operating margin -42.5%, and net margin -46.3%.

What is ASH's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Ashland Inc. traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 15.2× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.