Ashland Inc. balance sheet
At the end of fiscal 2025, Ashland Inc. had total assets of $4.61bn and shareholders' equity of $1.90bn. It held $215m in cash against $1.39bn of debt.
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Receivables | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Inventory | — | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Total current assets | — | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Goodwill | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Total assets | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Accounts payable | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Total current liabilities | — | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Short-term debt | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Long-term debt | — | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Total debt | 0.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Shareholders' equity | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Shares outstanding | — | 67m | 62m | 62m | 62m | 60m | 61m | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receivables | 243 | 163 | 226 | 201 | 242 | 190 | 244 | 256 |
| Inventory | 545 | 528 | 542 | 567 | 568 | 565 | 506 | 490 |
| Total current assets | 1,195 | 1,069 | 1,075 | 1,124 | 1,205 | 1,154 | 1,209 | 1,292 |
| Goodwill | 1,381 | 1,330 | 1,356 | 705 | 705 | 707 | 700 | 700 |
| Total assets | 5,645 | 5,231 | 5,233 | 4,621 | 4,611 | 4,519 | 4,499 | 4,578 |
| Accounts payable | 214 | 184 | 185 | 185 | 189 | 167 | 181 | 198 |
| Total current liabilities | 490 | 425 | 463 | 420 | 423 | 366 | 395 | 424 |
| Short-term debt | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Long-term debt | 1,349 | 1,313 | 1,336 | 1,382 | 1,384 | 1,387 | 1,374 | 1,374 |
| Total debt | 1,349 | 1,313 | 1,386 | 1,382 | 1,384 | 1,387 | 1,374 | 1,374 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2,868 | 2,592 | 2,559 | 1,889 | 1,904 | 1,878 | 1,866 | 1,870 |
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