Ashland (ASH) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)

Ashland's (ASH) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 25.0% in Q1 2026, up 192.0% year-on-year from 8.56% in Q1 2025, and up 275.0% quarter-over-quarter from 6.67% in Q4 2025.

Ashland (ASH) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ashland has disclosed Tax Rate across 12 years of filings, most recently posting 25.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 25.0%, up 192.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.16% (down 134193.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.06%, down 4078.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 25.0% for Q1 2026 at Ashland, up from 6.67% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 144.29% in Q2 2024 to a low of 611.76% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 14.61% (2025), against an average of 48.61%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 61600 bps in 2023 and jumped 63484 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Ashland's Tax Rate stood at 16.0% in 2022, then sank by 3850 bps to 600.0% in 2023, then surged by 103 bps to 20.57% in 2024, then tumbled by 68 bps to 6.67% in 2025, then soared by 275 bps to 25.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 25.0% (Q1 2026), 6.67% (Q4 2025), and 13.22% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 23.49
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -41.34
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 21.34
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 13.89
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 17.96
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 25.53
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 18.66
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 17.13
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.46
10 Ashland 3,118.57 -343.00 Mn 147.00 Mn 25.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 25.00%
Mar 31, 2026 25.00%
Dec 31, 2025 6.67%
Dec 31, 2025 6.67%
Sep 30, 2025 13.22%
Sep 30, 2025 13.22%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.13%
Jun 30, 2025 -2.13%
Mar 31, 2025 23.08%
Mar 31, 2025 23.08%
Dec 31, 2024 20.57%
Dec 31, 2024 20.57%
Sep 30, 2024 121.74%
Sep 30, 2024 121.74%
Jun 30, 2024 144.29%
Jun 30, 2024 144.29%
Mar 31, 2024 -611.76%
Mar 31, 2024 -611.76%
Dec 31, 2023 -600.00%
Dec 31, 2023 -600.00%