Ashland Inc [NYSE: ASH] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.43% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 5.23%.
Over the last 12 months, ASH stock dropped by -24.88%. The one-year Ashland Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 21.19. The average equity rating for ASH stock is currently 1.73, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $2.45 billion, with 45.69 million shares outstanding and 45.16 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 625.99K shares, ASH stock reached a trading volume of 320623 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Ashland Inc [ASH]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for ASH shares is $68.11 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on ASH stock is a recommendation set at 1.73. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Ashland Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal Weight, with their previous recommendation back on May 01, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, JP Morgan raised their target price from $68 to $71. The new note on the price target was released on March 26, 2025, representing the official price target for Ashland Inc stock. On August 08, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for ASH shares from 90 to 89.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.96, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.27. Price to Free Cash Flow for ASH in the course of the last twelve months was 32.71 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.15.
ASH Stock Performance Analysis:
Ashland Inc [ASH] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.23. With this latest performance, ASH shares gained by 7.90% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -24.32% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -24.88% in the past year of trading.
Insight into Ashland Inc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Ashland Inc [ASH] shares currently have an operating margin of 7.23% and a Gross Margin at 25.85%. Ashland Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -5.28%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -1.54%, with Return on Assets sitting at -1.54%.
ASH Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for ASH. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Ashland Inc go to 6.83%.
Ashland Inc [ASH] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $96.00%, or 97.03% of ASH stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of ASH stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 5.02 million shares, which is approximately 10.042%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 4.47 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$422.83 million in ASH stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$298.05 million in ASH stock with ownership which is approximately 6.3086%.
