US · ASH
Ashland Inc.
- Sector
- Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, DE 19808
- Website
- ashland.com
Price · as of 2025-09-30
$51.82
Market cap 2.85B
Valuation summary
Four models, one snapshot. Upside is target ÷ current − 1.
| Valuation method | Value, $ | Upside, % |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence(AI) | $24.01 | -53.67% |
| Intrinsic Value(DCF) | $23.10 | -55.42% |
| Graham-Dodd Method(GD) | — | — |
| Graham Formula(GF) | $89.61 | +72.93% |
Valuation history
Annual price (USD per share) overlaid with each model's fair value. Y-axis is log scale.
| Year | Price | AI | DCF | Graham-Dodd | Graham Formula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | $22.16 | $40.35 | $0.00 | $27.55 | $110.17 |
| 2012 | $30.40 | $25.21 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.55 |
| 2013 | $37.82 | $60.30 | $1.89 | $51.16 | $22.91 |
| 2014 | $47.96 | $44.83 | $0.00 | $8.00 | $28.34 |
| 2015 | $43.31 | $42.69 | $9.20 | $9.34 | $0.00 |
| 2016 | $49.08 | $35.22 | $3.23 | $0.00 | $1.45 |
| 2017 | $61.06 | $53.03 | $1.11 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2018 | $67.27 | $51.70 | $0.00 | $10.11 | $36.41 |
| 2019 | $66.62 | $59.79 | $0.00 | $45.76 | $0.00 |
| 2020 | $68.61 | $30.12 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $96.53 | $77.79 | $0.00 | $17.59 | $35.88 |
| 2022 | $102.18 | $92.56 | $0.00 | $101.72 | $356.32 |
| 2023 | $79.03 | $99.79 | $0.00 | $28.02 | $0.32 |
| 2024 | $72.77 | $62.35 | $0.00 | $23.71 | $16.16 |
| 2025 | $57.74 | $24.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $89.61 |
AI valuation
Our deep-learning model estimates Ashland Inc.'s (ASH) per-share fair value from quarterly fundamentals, sector trend, and historical valuation patterns.
- AI fair value
- $24.01
- Current price
- $51.82
- AI upside
- -53.67%
Methodology and confidence bands appear in the dedicated valuation theory section. The AI score is an estimate, not a recommendation.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Open DCF calculatorThree textbook valuation models, recomputed daily from the latest financial statements. The DCF uses our Chepakovich model. Graham-Dodd and Graham Formula are conservative reference points.
DCF
$23.10
-55.42% upside
Graham-Dodd
—
— upside
Graham Formula
$89.61
+72.93% upside
Peer comparison
Same-industry comparables, ranked by market cap.
| Basic Info | Model Valuation | Core Valuation | Profitability | Leverage & Liquidity | Growth | Cash Flow | Dividends | Enterprise Value | Risk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap | AI Upside | DCF Upside | GD Upside | GF Upside | P/E | P/B | P/S | EV/EBITDA | PEG | P/TBV | Gross Margin | Operating Margin | Net Margin | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Debt/Equity | Interest Coverage | Current Ratio | Quick Ratio | Net Debt/EBITDA | EPS Growth | Sales Growth | FCF Growth | FCF Yield | Op Cash Flow Ratio | Cash ROIC | Dividend Yield | Dividend Payout | Shareholder Yield | EV/EBIT | EV/FCF | EV/Sales | Altman Z-Score |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | $51.82 | 2.85B | -54% | -55% | — | +73% | -3.23 | 1.40 | 1.46 | -7.89 | — | 4.18 | 30.10% | -42.49% | -46.33% | -34.45% | -21.23% | -16.03% | 0.83 | -12.30 | 2.85 | 1.08 | -2.67 | -64349.00% | -1368.00% | -10146.00% | -0.15% | 0.22 | -0.11% | 2.86% | -9.20% | 6.63% | -5.18 | -1004.04 | 2.20 | 1.33 |
| AVNT | Avient Corporation | $41.07 | 3.76B | -22% | -51% | — | -81% | 44.74 | 1.58 | 1.15 | 9.39 | — | -4.27 | 32.46% | 6.24% | 2.51% | 3.57% | 3.95% | 1.41% | 0.81 | 2.06 | 1.66 | 1.12 | 2.57 | -5163.00% | 61.00% | 4455.00% | 5.21% | 0.36 | 5.06% | 2.64% | 118.20% | 7.87% | 25.32 | 26.43 | 1.58 | 1.38 |
| CC | The Chemours Company | $18.24 | 2.73B | +29% | -61% | — | — | -7.01 | 10.82 | 0.47 | 19.93 | — | 13.39 | 15.53% | -0.09% | -6.65% | -90.40% | -0.12% | -5.18% | 18.34 | -0.02 | 1.78 | 0.80 | 11.79 | -54912.00% | 45.00% | -10514.00% | 1.89% | 0.16 | 1.21% | 2.88% | -20.20% | 2.88% | -1323.56 | 129.76 | 1.14 | 1.46 |
| IOSP | Innospec Inc. | $76.58 | 1.9B | +10% | -58% | -54% | -71% | 16.44 | 1.45 | 1.08 | 8.34 | 7.18 | 2.23 | 27.69% | 8.79% | 6.56% | 9.19% | 12.63% | 6.54% | 0.07 | — | 2.79 | 1.76 | -0.99 | 22887.00% | -365.00% | -3850.00% | 4.59% | 0.38 | 8.42% | 2.21% | 36.40% | 2.21% | 10.96 | 19.47 | 0.96 | 4.82 |
| KWR | Quaker Chemical Corporati… | $147.03 | 2.55B | -26% | -60% | -87% | — | -1032.02 | 1.85 | 1.35 | 20.26 | — | -1186.32 | 32.64% | 9.37% | -0.13% | -0.18% | 3.52% | -0.09% | 0.68 | 3.77 | 2.42 | 1.57 | 4.60 | -10215.00% | 266.00% | -6266.00% | 3.16% | 0.36 | 4.01% | 1.35% | -1393.60% | 2.98% | 18.63 | 40.89 | 1.75 | 2.49 |
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| MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc… | $70.62 | 2.2B | +21% | -58% | -68% | — | -121.16 | 1.30 | 1.08 | 20.74 | — | 3.79 | 24.99% | 13.85% | -0.89% | -1.06% | 11.81% | -0.54% | 0.61 | 4.80 | 2.08 | 1.32 | 5.05 | -11141.00% | -217.00% | 0.00% | 6.59% | 0.43 | 6.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.25 | 20.03 | 1.42 | 2.86 |
| NGVT | Ingevity Corporation | $72.03 | 2.63B | -23% | -60% | — | -48% | -15.52 | 87.32 | 2.22 | 99.57 | — | -17.21 | 39.53% | 22.43% | -14.31% | -148.60% | 19.10% | -9.10% | 40.69 | 3.58 | 1.15 | 0.60 | 30.22 | -6110.00% | -1698.00% | 43627.00% | 10.55% | 0.97 | 19.95% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 12.05% | 14.22 | 13.62 | 3.19 | 2.57 |
| SID | Companhia Siderúrgica Nac… | $1.68 | 2.23B | +55% | -42% | — | — | -7.10 | 0.89 | 0.25 | 6.39 | -1.85 | 5.96 | 26.77% | 9.14% | -5.93% | -10.33% | 8.81% | -1.57% | 4.65 | 0.87 | 1.58 | 1.15 | 4.93 | 38333.00% | -385.00% | 942.00% | 28.89% | 0.34 | 6.99% | 23.21% | -164.80% | 26.28% | 10.97 | 13.88 | 1.00 | 0.79 |
| SKE | Skeena Resources Limited | $38.12 | 4.62B | — | — | — | — | -8.83 | 14.81 | — | -7.19 | -47.48 | 14.81 | 0.00% | — | — | -141.24% | -494.00% | -64.74% | 0.15 | — | 1.44 | 1.40 | 0.48 | 1860.00% | — | 2900.00% | -9.73% | -1.83 | -370.62% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.84% | -7.22 | -9.63 | — | -0.78 |
| WDFC | WD-40 Company | $238.20 | 3.22B | -38% | -66% | — | -64% | 29.37 | 9.97 | 4.31 | 23.94 | 94.98 | 15.85 | 55.06% | 16.74% | 14.68% | 36.49% | 31.27% | 19.68% | 0.36 | 30.16 | 2.79 | 1.75 | 0.35 | 3092.00% | 498.00% | -505.00% | 3.12% | 0.86 | 28.06% | 1.88% | 55.20% | 2.96% | 26.13 | 32.52 | 4.37 | 11.80 |
About Ashland Inc.
Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates through Life Sciences; Personal Care & Household; Specialty Additives; and Intermediates and Solvents segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. The Personal Care & Household segment provides a range of nature-based, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. The Intermediates and Solvents segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
- CEO
- Guillermo Novo
- Employees
- 3.2K
- Beta
- 0.42
Disclaimer: Information on this page is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Upside computed as ($23.10 ÷ $51.82) − 1 = -55.42% (DCF, example).