At the time of writing, Ashland Inc [ASH] stock is trading at $64.35, up 3.22%. 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 7.09% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.54%, and 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 December 15, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to an Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $71 for it. Previously, Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock with Equal-Weight rating on September 08, 2025, and set its price target to $60. On May 01, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to an Overweight and increased its price target to $71 on March 26, 2025. Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Neutral. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on August 08, 2024, and downed its price target to $89. In a note dated April 11, 2024, Wells Fargo upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $100 to $112.
For the past year, the stock price of Ashland Inc fluctuated between $45.21 and $73.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $66.6 within the next 12 months. Ashland Inc [NYSE: ASH] shares were valued at $64.35 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.5% based on the average ASH price forecast.
Analyzing the ASH fundamentals
According to Ashland Inc [NYSE:ASH], the company’s sales were 1.82B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -8.43% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.42%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.44%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.46%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.18, Equity is -0.38 and Total Capital is -0.18. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.79.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Ashland Inc [NYSE:ASH] has a current ratio of 2.85. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.51, while the Cash Ratio is 0.49. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.61, the price to book ratio is 1.55.
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.
