Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Ashland Global Holdings Inc stock $35.06, price $76.62, that is 54.2% below the price, quality 63 out of 100. Rating: strongly overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 22 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Ashland Global Holdings Inc
ASH · USOur calculation puts a fair price 54% below what the stock costs today.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $44.57 – $104.35 · fair‑value band $31.88 – $39.94 · the $76.62 price screens above the $35.06 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 3 fiscal years are left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. As of Nov 6, 2026.
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Company profile
Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments.
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The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; and nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; agricultural chemicals; diagnostic films; and fine chemicals.
Its Personal Care segment provides a range of natural, nature-derived, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers.
The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding.
Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical.
The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Stock analysis
Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH) currently trades at $76.62, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $35.06, 54% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Growth DCF group reads highest at a median of $48.29 per share, and 0 of the 22 models we run sit above the $76.62 price.
Bear case: the Multiples group reads lowest at $9.30, and 22 of the 22 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: $31.88 (bear) to $39.94 (bull), the price of $76.62 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 63/100 (solid quality), in the Basic Materials sector.
Mixed Growth: Spin-off in 2005: revenue and profit before it include the divested business. Growth is measured afresh from 2005.
Ashland Global Holdings Inc reported revenue of $1.9B in FY2026 versus $2.4B in FY2022, a compound −6.0%/yr. Reported net income was $4.0M in FY2026, compounding −74.4%/yr from FY2022.
Key figures
Market cap $3.5B Mid · P/E ratio 139.3 · P/S ratio 1.89 · EPS (TTM) $0.5500 · Dividend yield 2.2% · Net margin 0.2% · Return on equity 1.3% · Return on assets (EBIT) −1.3% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 28 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades at its 52-week high and 63% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Basic Materials peers we cover trades at −43% fair-value upside, at −54%, ASH screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
All 22 models by family
The fair value above starts from this blend and is adjusted for a cyclical trough year.
Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Insider trades
In the last 6 months, no officer or director bought or sold shares on the open market.
Plus 4 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Source: SEC Form 4, as of Nov 6, 2026. All filings at the SEC ↗
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
ASH screens overvalued: fair value 54% below the price. Compare with Linde plc →
Recent news
- Earnings Guidance Could Be A Game Changer For Ashland (ASH)
- Ashland Inc (ASH) (Q4 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Record Life Sciences Margins and Strong ...
- Ashland targets $1.905B-$1.975B sales and $405M-$435M adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2027 as CapEx rises to up to $140M
- Ashland (ASH) Misses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Specialty Chemicals · 728 stocks
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Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
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| Nan Ya Plastics Corporation 1303 | 263.00 TWD | 420.80 TWD | +60% | vs ASH |
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| Linde plc LIN | $515.25 | $446.62 | −13% | vs ASH |
| PPG Industries, Inc PPG | $122.38 | $77.68 | −37% | vs ASH |
| DSM-Firmenich AG DSFIR | CHF 100.50 | CHF 57.70 | −43% | vs ASH |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW | $344.10 | $146.37 | −57% | vs ASH |
| Givaudan SA GIVN | CHF 4,054 | CHF 1,554 | −62% | vs ASH |
| EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG EMSN | CHF 848.50 | CHF 284.63 | −66% | vs ASH |
| Ecolab Inc ECL | $300.68 | $96.56 | −68% | vs ASH |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc APD | $304.84 | $75.33 | −75% | vs ASH |
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