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ASHLAND INC.

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Signs● 2 good● 3 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.82B$2.11B$2.19B$2.39B$2.11B$2.33B
Operating income−$775.0M−$26.0M$172.0M$333.0M$192.0M−$388.0M
Net income−$845.0M$169.0M$178.0M$927.0M$220.0M−$508.0M
Total assets$4.61B$5.64B$5.94B$6.21B$6.61B$6.88B
Total liabilities——————
Equity$1.90B$2.87B$3.10B$3.22B$2.75B$3.04B
EPS (diluted)$-18.23$3.36$3.31$16.41$3.59$-8.39
Shares out.45.7M47.1M51.3M54.1M56.8M60.6M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
−42.5%
Net margin
−46.3%
Return on equity
−44.4%
Return on assets
−18.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−18.5%
Liabilities / assets
—
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$41.65
Revenue growth (YoY)
−13.7%
Net income growth (YoY)
−600.0%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Accruals / assets
−21.2%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/8mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
47
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

● 3 warning● 2 good
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20265.1M4.3-8.3%
Apr 30, 20265.6M6.6+2.4%
Apr 15, 20265.5M9.3+12.0%
Mar 31, 20264.9M6.4-2.3%
Mar 13, 20265.0M8.7-0.5%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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