Growth Metrics

Ashland (ASH) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Ashland (ASH) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 12 consecutive years, with 0.58 as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 136.36% year-over-year to 0.58; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.31, down 69.79%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.11, 779.63% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.58 in Q1 2026 for Ashland, up from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 3.17 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 3.4 in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.08, with a median of 0.2 recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 448.71% in 2022 and then soared 600.0% in 2025.
  • Ashland's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 135.02% to 0.12 in 2023, then plummeted by 395.75% to 0.36 in 2024, then surged by 147.75% to 0.17 in 2025, then surged by 236.36% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.58, 0.17, and 3.17 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.