Ashland Inc. (ASH)

Ashland Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 5 analysts that cover Ashland stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $66.6, which forecasts a 18.61% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $53 and the highest is $84.

Price Target: $66.6 (+18.61%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$53	$66.6	$65	$84
Change	-5.61%	+18.61%	+15.76%	+49.60%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ashland stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25
Strong Buy	2	2	1	1	1	2
Buy	2	2	1	1	1	1
Hold	2	2	3	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	6	5	5	5	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Alexandra Yates Argus Research	Argus Research	Strong Buy Maintains $70 → $65	Strong Buy	Maintains	$70 → $65	+15.76%	Aug 26, 2025
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $73 → $64	Strong Buy	Maintains	$73 → $64	+13.98%	Aug 7, 2025
Michael Sison Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $50 → $53	Hold	Maintains	$50 → $53	-5.61%	Jul 31, 2025
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $74 → $73	Strong Buy	Maintains	$74 → $73	+30.01%	Jul 9, 2025
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $71 → $67	Buy	Maintains	$71 → $67	+19.32%	May 6, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.85B

Decreased by -12.68%

from 2.11B

Revenue Next Year

1.89B

Increased by 2.66%

from 1.85B

EPS This Year

3.63

Increased by 8.45%

from 3.35

EPS Next Year

4.52

Increased by 24.36%

from 3.63

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026
Revenue	2.02B	2.11B	2.39B	2.19B	2.11B	1.85B	1.89B
Revenue Growth	-6.15%	4.71%	13.26%	-8.37%	-3.56%	-12.68%	2.66%
EPS	-8.39	3.59	16.52	3.32	3.35	3.63	4.52
EPS Growth	-	-	360.14%	-79.93%	1.05%	8.45%	24.36%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	15.46	12.43
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	1.9B	2.0B
Avg	1.8B	1.9B
Low	1.8B	1.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	-8.6%	10.6%
Avg	-12.7%	2.7%
Low	-15.6%	-2.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	3.99	4.98
Avg	3.63	4.52
Low	3.38	3.89

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	19.1%	37.0%
Avg	8.5%	24.4%
Low	0.9%	7.1%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.