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ASH · Ashland Inc.

Specialty ChemicalsUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$70.91

+0.30% last session

End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11

Mildly bullish3 bullish · 1 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (1.58 from 11 analysts)
To mean target: +13.4%

Market cap

$3B

Enterprise value

$4B

Trailing P/E

46.2

Forward P/E

16.4

Dividend yield

2.0%

Beta

0.39

Avg volume

1M

Employees

3K

Daily Change %

0.30%

5 Days Change

-1.51%

10 Days Change

-1.48%

30 Days Change

-3.13%

60 Days Change

8.23%

Month to Day Change

-5.04%

Year to Day Change

24.87%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.58
Covering analysts11
Mean price target$80.18
Low price target$70.00
Upside to mean target+13.4%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)44.2
50-day MA$70.68
200-day MA$60.93
Price vs 50-day MA+0.3%
Price vs 200-day MA+16.4%
MACD histogram-0.56
Volume vs 3-month avg0.9×
52w low $46.2052w high $76.01

Analyst sentiment over time — ASH

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-08-06

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Morgan Stanley

Equal-Weight

$78.00

+10.3% vs price
▲ raised from $58.00Maintains · 2026-08-06

Wells Fargo

Equal-Weight

$70.00

-1.0% vs price
▲ raised from $50.00Maintains · 2026-07-31

UBS

Buy

$83.00

+17.4% vs price
▲ raised from $75.00Maintains · 2026-07-30

JP Morgan

Overweight

$75.00

+6.1% vs price
▲ raised from $65.00Maintains · 2026-07-10

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-08-06Morgan StanleyMaintainsEqual-Weight$58.00 $78.00
2026-07-31Wells FargoMaintainsEqual-Weight$50.00 $70.00
2026-07-30UBSMaintainsBuy$75.00 $83.00
2026-07-30Evercore ISI GroupMaintainsIn-Line$60.00 $73.00
2026-07-29MizuhoMaintainsOutperform$75.00 $77.00
2026-07-29BMO CapitalMaintainsOutperform$68.00 $75.00
2026-07-10JP MorganMaintainsOverweight$65.00 $75.00
2026-06-10UBSMaintainsBuy$66.00 $72.00

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11

  • RSI (14): RSI is 44 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 0.3% above the 50-day MA ($70.68).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 16.4% above the 200-day MA ($60.93).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.56) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($46.20) and high ($76.01).

ASH Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$2.0B
EBITDA$0M
Free cash flow$0M
Operating cash flow$0M
Book value / share$40.84
Net Debt / EBITDA2.9
WACC7.0%
Revenue growth7.00%
Earnings growth

About Ashland Inc.

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; and nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; agricultural chemicals; diagnostic films; and fine chemicals. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of natural, nature-derived, 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. Its Intermediates 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, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

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