Growth Metrics

Ashland (ASH) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Ashland (ASH) has disclosed Operating Margin for 12 consecutive years, with 8.09% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 256.0% year-over-year to 8.09%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 33.96%, down 2693.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 42.49%, 4225.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 8.09% in Q1 2026 for Ashland, up from 1.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 17.39% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 152.92% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 6.97%, with a median of 8.09% recorded in 2026.
  • On a YoY basis, Operating Margin climbed as much as 4264bps in 2025 and fell as far as -14170bps in 2025.
  • Ashland's Operating Margin stood at 7.05% in 2022, then crashed by -154bps to 3.81% in 2023, then plummeted by -1061bps to 44.2% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 96bps to 1.55% in 2025, then soared by 621bps to 8.09% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 8.09%, 1.55%, and 12.79% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.