Ashland Valuation

Is ASH undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ASH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ASH ($95.2) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($88.27)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ASH is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ASH?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ASH key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA15.5x
PEG Ratio1.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ASH's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ASH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.4x
BCPC Balchem
41.2x12.5%US$4.5b
FUL H.B. Fuller
26.1x20.1%US$4.0b
ESI Element Solutions
49.4x25.1%US$5.7b
NEU NewMarket
12.9x-8.0%US$5.1b
ASH Ashland
31x19.9%US$4.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ASH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31x) compared to the peer average (32.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ASH's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a14.9%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ASH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (20.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ASH's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ASH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31x
Fair PE Ratio22.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ASH is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ASH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$95.20
US$106.82
+12.2%
9.6%US$126.00US$88.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$97.21
US$104.91
+7.9%
9.5%US$126.00US$88.00n/a11
Mar ’25US$95.45
US$102.55
+7.4%
7.2%US$115.00US$88.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$94.46
US$102.00
+8.0%
7.4%US$115.00US$88.00n/a10
Jan ’25US$84.31
US$90.40
+7.2%
10.7%US$105.00US$70.00n/a10
Dec ’24US$82.26
US$87.80
+6.7%
12.3%US$105.00US$70.00n/a10
Nov ’24US$75.80
US$98.40
+29.8%
12.2%US$115.00US$82.00n/a10
Oct ’24US$81.68
US$101.70
+24.5%
12.0%US$116.00US$85.00n/a10
Sep ’24US$86.82
US$103.73
+19.5%
12.2%US$117.00US$85.00n/a11
Aug ’24US$91.39
US$103.73
+13.5%
12.2%US$117.00US$85.00n/a11
Jul ’24US$86.91
US$104.73
+20.5%
13.7%US$126.00US$85.00n/a11
Jun ’24US$85.49
US$115.09
+34.6%
12.0%US$142.00US$94.00n/a11
May ’24US$100.56
US$126.82
+26.1%
9.6%US$145.00US$105.00n/a11
Apr ’24US$102.71
US$126.91
+23.6%
8.8%US$144.00US$105.00US$97.2111
Mar ’24US$102.52
US$126.91
+23.8%
8.8%US$144.00US$105.00US$95.4511
Feb ’24US$108.40
US$126.73
+16.9%
8.9%US$144.00US$104.00US$94.4611
Jan ’24US$107.53
US$126.82
+17.9%
9.0%US$145.00US$104.00US$84.3111
Dec ’23US$113.37
US$126.00
+11.1%
8.7%US$145.00US$104.00US$82.2611
Nov ’23US$104.79
US$123.09
+17.5%
11.1%US$148.00US$104.00US$75.8011
Oct ’23US$94.97
US$124.00
+30.6%
10.6%US$148.00US$104.00US$81.6811
Sep ’23US$100.23
US$124.40
+24.1%
10.5%US$143.00US$104.00US$86.8210
Aug ’23US$101.52
US$124.40
+22.5%
10.5%US$143.00US$104.00US$91.3910
Jul ’23US$103.67
US$122.60
+18.3%
9.0%US$136.00US$102.00US$86.9110
Jun ’23US$105.29
US$122.60
+16.4%
9.0%US$136.00US$102.00US$85.4910
May ’23US$104.97
US$122.60
+16.8%
9.0%US$136.00US$102.00US$100.5610
Apr ’23US$98.86
US$119.50
+20.9%
9.8%US$136.00US$102.00US$102.7110

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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