Ashland Inc [ASH] stock prices are down -1.24% to $59.01 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ASH shares have gain 4.53% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.05%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ashland Inc [NYSE: ASH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 26, 2025, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $71 from $68. Previously, Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to Neutral on March 05, 2025. On August 08, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $89 on the stock. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $112 on April 11, 2024. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $126 on March 14, 2024. Wolfe Research started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on March 01, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $108. In a note dated June 29, 2023, Evercore ISI downgraded an In-line rating on this stock.
The stock price of Ashland Inc [ASH] has been fluctuating between $54.86 and $102.50 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $84.5 within the next 12 months. Ashland Inc [NYSE: ASH] shares were valued at $59.01 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 43.2% based on the average ASH price forecast.
Analyzing the ASH fundamentals
The Ashland Inc [NYSE:ASH] reported sales of 2.05B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -14.38%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.0, Equity is -0.01 and Total Capital is -0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.55.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 58.14 points at the first support level, and at 57.28 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.88, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 60.76.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Ashland Inc [NYSE:ASH]’s Current Ratio is 2.52. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.27, while the Cash Ratio is 0.52. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.36, the price to book ratio is 1.07.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved NOVO GUILLERMO, Chair of the Board and CEO, that happened on Jan 31 ’25 when 31294.0 shares were purchased. SVP and GM, Life Sciences, Assis Alessandra Faccin completed a deal on Jan 31 ’25 to buy 3150.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP, Finance & Prinpl Acctg Off BONI ERIC N sold 451.0 shares on Dec 05 ’24.
