Ashland ASH
NYSE ASH
$72.66 -0.16 (-0.22%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Ashland (ASH) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Ashland (ASH) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.09% for Q4 2025, up 22.23% sequentially from 0.12% in Q3 2025.

Ashland (ASH) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Ashland has reported Return on Invested Capital for 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.09% in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed N/A year-over-year to 0.09% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.09% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2021 annual result came in at 0.01%, up 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital improved to 0.09% in Q4 2025 per ASH's latest filing, from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.07% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.33% in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.0% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Return on Invested Capital changed 0 bps in 2021, then grew 17 bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2021, then grew by 28 bps to 0.0% in 2022, then jumped by 1653 bps to 0.07% in 2023, then tumbled by 555 bps to 0.33% in 2024, then soared by 71 bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.09%, 0.12%, and 0.16% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Linde 225.67 Bn 220.77 Bn 4.43 Bn 0.00%
2 Sherwin Williams 84.74 Bn 84.44 Bn 3.34 Bn 0.00%
3 Ecolab 78.90 Bn 73.77 Bn 1.95 Bn 0.00%
4 Air Products & Chemicals 68.19 Bn 67.21 Bn 1.04 Bn 0.00%
5 Ppg Industries 25.36 Bn 23.77 Bn 1.81 Bn 0.00%
6 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 23.48 Bn 19.61 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.00%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.91 Bn 19.28 Bn 2.04 Bn 0.01%
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 21.51 Bn 20.94 Bn 853.00 Mn 0.00%
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.83 Bn 17.09 Bn 639.00 Mn 0.01%
10 Ashland 3.36 Bn 2.92 Bn 170.00 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -0.09%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.12%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.16%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.33%
Mar 31, 2024 0.06%
Dec 31, 2023 0.07%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2020 0.00%
Mar 31, 2020 0.00%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 0.00%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%