Ashland (ASH) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Ashland has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 11 years of filings, most recently posting 14.92% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 14.92%, down 1205.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.92% (down 1205.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 16.47%, down 1638.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 14.92% for Q1 2026 at Ashland, down from 14.34% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.78% in Q3 2022 to a low of 18.48% in Q3 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.38% (2023), against an average of 2.97%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed soared 531 bps in 2022 and slumped 1837 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Ashland's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.68% in 2022, then tumbled by 107 bps to 0.38% in 2023, then plunged by 771 bps to 3.33% in 2024, then slumped by 330 bps to 14.34% in 2025, then retreated by 4 bps to 14.92% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 14.92% (Q1 2026), 14.34% (Q4 2025), and 18.48% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.