Ashland Global (ASH)

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
$70.57 -0.17% on the day Market cap $3.1B 52-week range $47.12 to $78.25 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
24% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $3.1B, Ashland Global's free cash flow of $36M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 24% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Ashland Global's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price24.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-14.9% a year
Revenue, same period-5.4% a year
Price to free cash flow86.6x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ASH's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability4
Growth5
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Ashland Global's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.1B$2.4B$2.2B$2.1B$1.8B
Net income$220M$927M$178M$169M-$845M
Free cash flow$361M$80M$124M$325M$36M
EPS (diluted)$3.59$16.41$3.31$3.36-$18.23
Operating margin9.1%13.9%7.9%-1.2%-42.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

Life Sciences$641M34%
Personal Care$577M31%
Specialty Additives$511M27%
Intermediates$137M7%

Superinvestors who own ASH

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $117M0.04%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $105M0.84%Q2 2026
Alex Roepers
Atlantic Investment Management
New position $34M17.5%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $24M0.06%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $4M0.04%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Ashland Global's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of ASH in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Ashland Global's stock price imply?

At a market value of $3.1B, Ashland Global would need its free cash flow to grow about 24% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -15% a year.

Are Ashland Global insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of ASH in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Ashland Global?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ASH in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Ric Dillon, Alex Roepers.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.