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How Ashland Inc. stacks up
ASH · against 318 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
37/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #244 of 319 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score31 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including ASH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 37?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 1.1% vs peer median 2.5%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.9% vs peer median 6.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.4% vs peer median 7.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 307 reported | 3.9% | 9.0% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 314 reported | 7.4% | 9.4% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 291 reported | 1.1% | 3.6% | 18% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 289 reported | 4.0% | 8.9% | 27% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 322 reported | 33.4% | 25.5% | 65% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability 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