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ASH NYSE

Ashland Inc.
1W: +1.7% 1M: +4.8% 3M: +7.0% YTD: +23.4% 1Y: +49.2% 3Y: +2.4% 5Y: -16.8%
$72.78
+0.46 (+0.64%)
After Hours: $69.59 (-3.19, -4.38%)
Weekly Expected Move ±2.9%
$69 $71 $73 $75 $77
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 71 · $3.3B mcap · 38M float · 1.93% daily turnover · Short 72% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 54% of companies Debt: 30.8% of company value Bonds: $67.0M held by 98 funds, 128 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.18 (down 97%), Ashland Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.48B against a stock market value of $3.31B.
Distance to default 5.50 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $687.0M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 38.0%; Altman Z 2.19. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$94M -77.1% ▼
5Y CAGR: -14.3%
Capital Expenditures
$98M +28.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: -5.9%
Free Cash Flow
-$4M -101.5% ▼
Dividends Paid
$76M +2.6% ▲
Buybacks
$100M +73.7% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$85M +27.4% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$220M$181M$168M$199M-$822M
Depreciation & Amort.$244M$241M$243M$274M$237M
Stock-Based Comp.$15M$18M$22M$15M$14M
Change in Working Capital$80M-$271M-$58M$227M-$191M
Other Non-Cash Items$27M-$347M-$100M-$2M$783M
Operating Cash Flow$560M-$213M$243M$411M$94M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$105M-$113M-$170M-$137M-$98M
Acquisitions (Net)-$304M$0$0$26M$16M
Investment Purchases-$149M-$87M-$47M-$53M-$54M
Investment Sales$149M$87M$47M$53M$118M
Other Investing$28M$1.7B$61M$60M$15M
Investing Cash Flow-$381M$1.6B-$109M-$51M-$3M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$107M-$615M$16M-$16M$0
Stock Repurchased-$450M-$200M-$300M-$380M-$100M
Dividends Paid-$70M-$70M-$76M-$78M-$76M
Other Financing-$13M-$11M-$11M-$5M-$3M
Financing Cash Flow-$426M-$896M-$371M-$479M-$179M
Net Change in Cash-$244M$436M-$229M-$117M-$85M
Cash End of Period$210M$646M$417M$300M$215M
Free Cash Flow$455M-$326M$73M$274M-$4M

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