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.

Financial Strength

6/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	0.3
Equity-to-Asset	0.52
Debt-to-Equity	0.48
Debt-to-EBITDA	3.42
Interest Coverage	1.93
Piotroski F-Score	4/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	2.51	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-3.12	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

3/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	7.1
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	13.1
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	5.6
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	6.9
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	21.77
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	3.77

Momentum Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	56.44
	9-Day RSI	51.43
	14-Day RSI	51.45
	6-1 Month Momentum %	24.84
	12-1 Month Momentum %	-8.07

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	3.3
	Quick Ratio	1.88
	Cash Ratio	1.06
	Days Inventory	160.43
	Days Sales Outstanding	55.39
	Days Payable	52.88

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	1.63
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.61
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	9.4
	Forward Dividend Yield %	1.63
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	2.42
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	5.8
	Shareholder Yield %	9.22

Profitability Rank

6/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	28.1
	Operating Margin %	4.86
	Net Margin %	7.62
	FCF Margin %	14.49
	ROE %	5.13
	ROA %	2.69
	ROIC %	2.68
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	7.76
	ROCE %	3.01
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	8

GF Value Rank

7/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	31.55
	Forward PE Ratio	20.68
	PE Ratio without NRI	39.01
	Shiller PE Ratio	27.9
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	10.7
	PS Ratio	2.38
	PB Ratio	1.57
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	6.15
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	16.17
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	10.24
	EV-to-EBIT	34.43
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	23.27
	EV-to-EBITDA	13.53
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	12.12
	EV-to-Revenue	2.72
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	2.66
	EV-to-FCF	18.75
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	1.42
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	1.23
	Price-to-Graham-Number	3.26
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	2.9
	FCF Yield %	6.45
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	4

GF Value: $107.11

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