Ashland (ASH) Operating Margin (2015 - 2026)

Ashland (ASH) has 12 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 8.09% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 256.0% year-over-year to 8.09%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 33.96% (down 2586.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 42.49%, down 4126.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin climbed to 8.09% in Q1 2026, from 1.55% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 17.39% in Q2 2022 to a low of 152.92% in Q2 2025.
• A 5-year average of 5.64% and a median of 7.05% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 4264 bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 14170 bps in 2025.
• Tracing ASH's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 7.05% in 2022, then sank by 154 bps to 3.81% in 2023, then tumbled by 1061 bps to 44.2% in 2024, then surged by 96 bps to 1.55% in 2025, then jumped by 621 bps to 8.09% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows ASH's Operating Margin at 8.09% in Q1 2026, 1.55% in Q4 2025, and 12.79% in Q3 2025.