Ashland (ASH) FCF Payout Ratio (2015 - 2026)

Ashland has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 0.58 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.58, up 136.36% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (down 69.79% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.11, up 779.63% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.58 for Q1 2026 at Ashland, up from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 3.17 in Q3 2025 to a low of 3.4 in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.2 (2025), against an average of 0.08.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 448.71% in 2022 and surged 600.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Ashland's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then soared by 135.02% to 0.12 in 2023, then sank by 395.75% to 0.36 in 2024, then jumped by 147.75% to 0.17 in 2025, then jumped by 236.36% to 0.58 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.58 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q4 2025), and 3.17 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.