Ashland's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.39.
The historical rank and industry rank for Ashland's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
ASH'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35.2 Med: 3.4 Max: 38.7
Current: 9.4
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Ashland was 38.70% per year. The lowest was -35.20% per year. And the median was 3.40% per year.
ASH's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than 50.36% of 697
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.1
vs ASH: 9.40
During the past 12 months, Ashland's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 14.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -0.60% per year.
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Competitive Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Ashland's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Ashland 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Ashland's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Ashland's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
Ashland 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
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During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Ashland was 1.52. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 0.57.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Ashland Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.385
2024-02-29
2024-03-01
2024-03-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.385
2023-11-30
2023-12-01
2023-12-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.385
2023-08-31
2023-09-01
2023-09-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.385
2023-05-31
2023-06-01
2023-06-15
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Ashland's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $95.49.
Ashland's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.54.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Ashland was 3.36%. The lowest was 1.05%. And the median was 1.61%.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Ashland 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Related Terms>
Ashland Inc is a world-wide specialty materials company that serves a wide range of industrial markets. The company has a business-centric operating model and is organized into four distinct segments: life sciences, personal care, specialty additives, and intermediates. Key customers for the firm include pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of personal care products, food and beverages, and nutraceuticals and supplements. The life sciences segment derives maximum revenue. Ashland includes only U.S. and Canada in its North America designation and includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa in its Europe designation.
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