Ashland

A premier global specialty materials company serving customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care and pharmaceutical.

Launch date

1924

Employees

5001-10000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

AUD8.1b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Covington Kentucky (HQ)

http://ashland.com

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	2.3b	2.1b	2.4b	2.2b	2.1b	2.2b	2.3b
% growth	8 %	(9 %)	13 %	(8 %)	(3 %)	2 %	5 %
EBITDA	909m	405m	487m	403m	469m	531m	570m
% EBITDA margin	39 %	19 %	20 %	18 %	22 %	25 %	25 %
Profit	(508m)	220m	927m	178m	179m	193m	237m
% profit margin	(22 %)	10 %	39 %	8 %	8 %	9 %	10 %
EV / revenue	2.5x	3.4x	2.4x	2.3x	2.5x	2.5x	2.4x
EV / EBITDA	6.3x	17.7x	11.8x	12.7x	11.2x	10.0x	9.3x
R&D budget	64.0m	50.0m	55.0m	51.0m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	3 %	2 %	2 %	2 %	-	-	-