Growth Metrics

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

Ashland (ASH) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 11 consecutive years, with 0.73% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 132.0% year-over-year to 0.73%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.73%, down 132.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.34%, 34.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.73% in Q1 2026 for Ashland, down from 0.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.59% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 1.34% in Q2 2024.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.19%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Invested Capital crashed -142bps in 2024 and then soared 91bps in 2025.
  • Ashland's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.09% in 2022, then crashed by -109bps to 0.01% in 2023, then plummeted by -6898bps to 0.57% in 2024, then increased by 28bps to 0.41% in 2025, then crashed by -77bps to 0.73% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods came in at 0.73%, 0.41%, and 0.31% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.