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Ashland Inc. (ASH) stock score

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · United States

$70.57 ▼ -0.17% today

9.8
Dad Score, out of 100
poor

Ashland Inc. (ASH) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 9.8 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a poor reading that places the business ahead of 10% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Basic Materials it ranks #326 of 397. Its strongest axes are liquidity and macro; its weakest are valuation and quality.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Weak
Quality
Below average
Growth
Weak
Price action
Average
Risk
Below average
Conviction
Average
Liquidity
Above average
Macro
Strong

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)44.6×
P/E (forward)16.1×
Dividend yield2.43%
Return on capital-18.4%
Operating margin11.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)-13.7%
FCF yield-0.1%
Net debt / EBITDA2.85×
Piotroski F-Score6 / 9
52-week change+45.8%
Market cap$3.2B
Next earningsNov 3, 2026

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Specialty Chemicals peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
LINLinde plc96.5strong$221.0B
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company37.1weak$77.6B
ECLEcolab Inc.39.1weak$76.7B
APDAir Products and Chemicals, Inc.30.4weak$61.8B
PPGPPG Industries, Inc.62.5middling$23.4B
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances14.4poor$21.0B
LYBLyondellBasell Industries N.V.28.3weak$18.9B
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile51.9middling$18.4B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.