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How Ashland Inc. stacks up
ASH · against 307 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Growth
75/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #95 of 308 · scores higher than 68% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score45 peers with a growth score of 70–79, including ASH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 75?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings per share growth, which is stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 76% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -7.2% vs peer median -0.0%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 65% of peers. Revenue growth: -1.4% vs peer median 3.4%
- Earnings per share turned from a loss to a profit. Earnings per share growth: — vs peer median 9.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ASH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ASH | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 310 reported | -1.4% | 6.8% | 30% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 228 reported | Not reported | 14.4% | — | — | 33% |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 306 reported | -7.2% | 2.2% | 19% | 33% |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ASHScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score