Ashland (ASH) Tax Rate (2015 - 2026)

Ashland (ASH) posted Tax Rate of 26.79% for Q2 2026, up 7.14% sequentially from 25.0% in Q1 2026, and up 2892.0% YoY from 0.9% in Q2 2025.

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

Ashland has reported Tax Rate for 12 years, with the latest figure at 26.79% in Q2 2026.

Quarterly Tax Rate rose 2892.0% year-over-year to 26.79% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 104.76% (down 10601.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 21.01%, down 7679.0% from the prior year.
Tax Rate improved to 26.79% in Q2 2026 per ASH's latest filing, from 25.0% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 400.0% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 232.31% in Q3 2025.
A 5-year average of 25.66% and a median of 17.32% in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate jumped 40110 bps in 2024, then slumped 38269 bps in 2025.
Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 10.26% in 2022, then plunged by 542 bps to 45.28% in 2023, then soared by 145 bps to 20.57% in 2024, then tumbled by 68 bps to 6.67% in 2025, then surged by 302 bps to 26.79% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 26.79%, 25.0%, and 6.67% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Tax Rate (Qtr)
1	Linde	225.67 Bn	220.77 Bn	4.43 Bn	23.96%
2	Sherwin Williams	84.74 Bn	84.44 Bn	3.34 Bn	24.17%
3	Ecolab	78.90 Bn	73.77 Bn	1.95 Bn	22.33%
4	Air Products & Chemicals	68.19 Bn	67.21 Bn	1.04 Bn	26.60%
5	Ppg Industries	25.36 Bn	23.77 Bn	1.81 Bn	22.32%
6	Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile	23.48 Bn	19.61 Bn	778.60 Mn	-41.34%
7	LyondellBasell Industries	21.91 Bn	19.28 Bn	2.04 Bn	29.21%
8	International Flavors & Fragrances	21.51 Bn	20.94 Bn	853.00 Mn	48.44%
9	DuPont de Nemours	18.83 Bn	17.09 Bn	639.00 Mn	28.20%
10	Ashland	3.36 Bn	2.92 Bn	170.00 Mn	26.79%

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