Ashland Inc.

Ashland Inc.

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ASH Stock Report Card

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VolatilityTechnicalsProfitPerformanceEarningsDividendAnalyst Price Targets

42%

Performance

Score:

10/100

ASH returned -31.82% in the last 12 months. Based on SPY's performance of 13.09%, its performance is below average giving it a score of 10 of 100.

Analyst Price Targets

Score:

75/100

11 analysts offer 12-month price targets for ASH. Together, they have an average target of 123.71, the most optimistic target put ASH at 140 within 12-months and the most pessimistic has ASH at 100.

Technicals

Score:

50/100

ASH receives a 50 of 100 based on 14 indicators. 6 are bullish, 6 are bearish.

Earnings

Score:

10/100

ASH has missed earnings 8 times in the last 20 quarters.

Profit

Score:

69/100

Out of the last 20 quarters, ASH has had 17 profitable quarters and has increased their profits year over year on 7 of them.

Volatility

Score:

44/100

ASH has had a lower than average amount of volatility over the last 12 months giving it a score of 44 of 100.

Dividend

Score:

10/100

ASH's most recent dividend was $0.25 per share, based on a share price of $76.15. It was a payout ratio of 160.00% compared to their total earnings.

Ashland Inc. Summary

New York Stock Exchange / ASH
Basic Materials
Chemicals - Specialty
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.