Is Ashland Inc stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
Right now our advanced algorithms say:
Do the analyst corps agree?
Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Ashland Inc pays dividends. Last time was Sunday 15th of December 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Friday 29th of November 2024 were paid $0.405 per share. Over the last 168 times between 1983 and 2024, Ashland Inc has paid $69.4838 with an average of $0.41 per share.
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We cannot find data for Ashland Inc 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $72.09, you would have made a profit of $4.12 per share or 5.72%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Ashland Inc is $437 326 thousand. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
Ashland Inc has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.33, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. Ashland Inc has a good net profit margin of 7.07% and should have high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Ashland Inc to be low [0.4 of 1]
US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.