Ashland Inc. cash flow to debt ratio of 5.97% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

Ashland Inc.'s free cash flow has decreased 101.46% from $274.00M last year to $-4.00M, signaling decreasing performance

Ashland Inc.'s debt to equity ratio is 0.79, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

Ashland Inc.'s debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 0.51 last year to 0.79 today, signaling weakened financials

Ashland Inc. has negative EBITDA, making leverage ratio unreliable

Ashland Inc.'s interest coverage ratio of 2.21 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

Ashland Inc.'s profit margin has decreased (64.72%) in the last year from 8.00% to 2.82%, signaling decreasing performance

Ashland Inc.'s short-term assets of $1.21B exceed its short-term liabilities of $423.00M

Ashland Inc.'s return on assets of 0.00% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Ashland Inc.'s return on equity of 2.77%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

Ashland Inc.'s operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation

Ashland Inc. had positive net income in 4 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

Ashland Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating the company is burning cash rather than generating it

Ashland Inc. has negative free cash flow, indicating cash burn

Ashland Inc.'s yearly earnings has decreased 600.00% since last year from $169.00M to $-845.00M, signaling decreasing performance

Ashland Inc.'s yearly revenue has decreased 13.68% since last year from $2.11B to $1.82B, signaling decreasing performance

ROIC 1.94% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Ashland Inc.'s 3-year revenue CAGR of -8.63% is negative, indicating declining revenue over the past 3 years

Ashland Inc. had revenue growth in only 2 out of 5 years, indicating inconsistent revenue performance

Ashland Inc. had positive ROE in 4 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

Ashland Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

Ashland Inc. has an earnings yield of 1.50%, which is below the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock may be expensive relative to its earnings

Ashland Inc. is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model

Ashland Inc. has negative or missing EBITDA, making EV/EBITDA ratio unreliable

Ashland Inc. is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 27.69 based on Earnings Fair Value model

Ashland Inc. has negative trailing-twelve-month earnings; this ratio is not meaningful and the check fails

Ashland Inc. has a price-to-book ratio of 1.85x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

Ashland Inc. has a price-to-sales ratio of 1.88x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue