NYSE: ASH - Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

Yield per half year: -25.87%
Dividend yield: +1.75%
Sector: Materials

Company Analysis Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=5.67%) is higher than the sector average (ROE=0.5599%)

Disadvantages

  • Price (68.92 $) is higher than fair price (46.58 $)
  • Dividends (1.75%) are below the sector average (2.37%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-10.74%) is lower than the sector average (-3.51%).
  • Current debt level 26.01% has increased over 5 years from 23.03%.

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.2. News

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2.3. Market efficiency

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. Materials Index
7 days -0.5% 1.5% 0.6%
90 days -15.2% -11.7% 1.5%
1 year -10.7% -3.5% 22.4%

ASH vs Sector: Ashland Global Holdings Inc. has significantly underperformed the "Materials" sector by -7.23% over the past year.

ASH vs Market: Ashland Global Holdings Inc. has significantly underperformed the market by -33.16% over the past year.

Stable price: ASH is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: ASH with weekly volatility of -0.2065% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 25.73
P/S: 2.06

3.2. Revenue

EPS 3.38
ROE 5.67%
ROA 2.92%
ROIC 20.47%
Ebitda margin 17.04%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (68.92 $) is higher than the fair price (46.58 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (68.92 $) is 32.4% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (25.73) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (24.48).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (25.73) is lower than that of the market as a whole (47.68).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.52) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.66).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.52) is lower than that of the market as a whole (22.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (2.06) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.86).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (2.06) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.21).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.32) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (11.98).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (15.32) is lower than that of the market as a whole (24.31).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -26.88% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-26.88%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (479.81%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (5.67%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (0.5599%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (5.67%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.08%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (2.92%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (7.13%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (2.92%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (6.49%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (20.47%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (13.16%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (20.47%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.31%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (26.01%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 23.03% to 26.01%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 868.64%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

Low yield: The dividend yield of the company 1.75% is below the average for the sector '2.37%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 1.75% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 1.75% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 14 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (46.15%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

Transaction date Insider Type Price Volume Quantity
08.05.2024 MUSA OSAMA M
SVP and CTO
Purchase 59.56 577 613 9 698
03.08.2023 KALYANA SWAMINATHAN ASHOK
Sr VP & Gen Mgr, Life Sciences
Purchase 89.97 24 742 275

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