Ashland Financial Ratios
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Ashland ratio analysis
Ashland earned a net margin of -46.3% in FY 2025, down from 8.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 30.1% compared with a median of 30.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached -44.4%, meaning Ashland generated -0.44 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.73 versus 0.47 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.85. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Ashland financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2016 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | — | 25.47 | 24.68 | 5.79 | 25.40 | — | 9.27 | 46.85 | 6,539.00 | — |
| Price / sales | 1.23 | 1.98 | 1.98 | 2.18 | 2.59 | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.04 | 1.76 | 1.18 |
| Price / book | 1.18 | 1.46 | 1.40 | 1.62 | 1.99 | 1.42 | 1.31 | 1.55 | 1.19 | 1.07 |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 29.2% | 30.5% | 34.7% | 31.7% | 29.7% | 30.3% | 33.3% | 31.6% | 29.4% |
| Operating margin | -42.5% | -1.2% | 7.9% | 13.9% | 9.1% | -22.9% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 2.1% | -1.7% |
| Net margin | -46.3% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 38.8% | 10.4% | -25.2% | 23.5% | 4.4% | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.0% | 15.4% | 5.7% | 3.3% | 17.1% | 4.7% | -0.3% | 3.2% | 0.3% | 5.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -44.4% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 28.8% | 8.0% | -16.7% | 14.1% | 3.3% | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -18.3% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 14.9% | 3.3% | -7.4% | 7.0% | 1.4% | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.73 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| Current ratio | 2.85 | 2.44 | 3.30 | 3.20 | 1.84 | 1.90 | 1.89 | 1.59 | 1.97 | 2.33 |
| Revenue growth | -13.7% | -3.6% | -8.4% | 13.3% | 4.7% | -6.1% | -17.0% | 12.1% | -23.5% | -11.7% |
| EPS growth | -642.6% | 1.5% | -79.8% | 357.1% | — | -202.9% | 355.3% | 17,800.0% | — | -110.4% |