Ashland Inc. Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis
Ashland Inc. Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Ashland Inc. and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Ashland Inc. position in the Chemical Industry.
Scope
- The report contains the company’s profile and data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
- The SWOT-analysis provides information about the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
- The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency.
- It also shows the company’s income statement and ratio trend-charts, with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis.
- Company’s financial ratios are directly compared with those of its competitors through industry averages.
- The report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements.
- The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms.
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About Ashland Inc.
Ashland Inc. operates as a diversified chemical company in the United States and internationally.
Segments
The company operates through five segments: Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients; Ashland Hercules Water Technologies; Ashland Performance Materials; Ashland Consumer Markets (Valvoline); and Ashland Distribution.
ASHLAND AQUALON FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS
The Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers. It provides specialty additives and functional ingredients that primarily manage the physical properties of water-based systems. The Functional Ingredients products are sold as key ingredients to other manufacturers, where they are used as small-quantity additives to provide functionality, such as thickening and rheology control; water retention; adhesive strength; binding power; film formation; protective colloid, suspending and emulsifying action; foam control; and pH stability.
Functional Ingredients comprises following businesses:
Regulated Industries Regulated Industries food applications include bakery, beverage, confectionary, dairy, meat, meat analogues and pet food, prepared foods and sauces, dressings, and fillings. Personal care applications include cosmetics, hair care, oral care, skin care, wound care, and household products. In the pharmaceutical industry, Regulated Industries products are used for tablet binding, coatings, modified release, and liquid and semi-liquid rheology control.
Coatings Additives Coatings Additives offers a portfolio of rheology solutions. For manufacturers of paints and other waterborne coatings products, these additives are crucial in controlling key product characteristics, such as gloss, spatter, leveling and build, of which are critical to delivering paints and coatings that fill specific market demand.
Construction Constructions product applications include tile and adhesive cements, gypsum plasters, renders, joint compounds, concrete, external insulation systems, masonry and mortar cements, and self-leveling compounds. These product applications provide an array of functional properties, including thickening, water retention, sag resistance, workability and consistency, adhesion, stabilization, pumping, rheological properties, and strength.
Energy and Specialties Solutions Energy and Specialties Solutions offers water-soluble solutions for various applications in the oil and gas industries, including completion and workover fluids, drill-in fluids, oil-well cementing slurries, solvent thickeners, and stimulation and hydraulic fracturing. This business also provides products to the industrial specialties market, including applications in ceramics, fire-fighting fluids, foundry, industrial cleaners, inks and printing, mining, paint removers, paper and paper coatings, suspension polymerization, and welding rods.
ASHLAND HERCULES WATER TECHNOLOGIES
The Ashland Hercules Water Technologies segment produces papermaking chemicals and a specialty chemicals supplier to the pulp, paper, commercial and institutional, food and beverage, chemical, mining, and municipal markets. Water Technologies produces papermaking chemicals for pulp and paper processing, tissues and towels, packaging, printing and writing papers, and virgin and deinked pulps. To meet the requirements of its customers, Water Technologies offers a range of services, including analytical and applications laboratories, customized program offerings and, through its StreamLink Specialty Chemicals service model, a focused-service approach. Water Technologies operates throughout the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Water Technologies markets and distributes its products and services directly and through third-party distributors.
Water Technologies comprises following businesses:
Process Chemistries The Process Chemistries business manufactures and sells an array of deposit control agents, defoamers, biocides, and other process additives for markets, including pulp and paper manufacturing, food processing, oil refining and chemical processing, general manufacturing, and extraction/mining.
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Contents
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DISCLAIMER
1. ASHLAND INC. COMPANY PROFILE
1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History
2. ASHLAND INC. BUSINESS OVERVIEW
2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units
3. ASHLAND INC. SWOT ANALYSIS
3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats
4. ASHLAND INC. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot
5. ASHLAND INC. COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
5.1. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Ashland Inc. and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Ashland Inc. and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Ashland Inc. Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Chemicals Industry Snapshot
5.4.2. Ashland Inc. Industry Position Analysis
6. ASHLAND INC. NEWS & EVENTS
6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events
7. ASHLAND INC. EXPERTS REVIEW
7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates
APPENDIX 1: RATIO DEFINITIONS
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Ashland Inc. Key Facts
Table 2. Ashland Inc. Profitability
Table 3. Ashland Inc. Management Effectiveness
Table 4. Ashland Inc. Income Statement Key Figures
Table 5. Ashland Inc. Balance Sheet Key Figures
Table 6. Ashland Inc. Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Table 7. Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Table 8. Ashland Inc. Key Executives
Table 9. Ashland Inc. Key Executives Biographies *
Table 10. Ashland Inc. Key Executives Compensations *
Table 11. Ashland Inc. Key Executives Stock Options *
Table 12. Ashland Inc. Major Shareholders
Table 13. Ashland Inc. History
Table 14. Ashland Inc. Products
Table 15. Ashland Inc. Revenues by Product
Table 16. Ashland Inc. Revenues by Region
Table 17. Ashland Inc. Offices and Representations
Table 18. Ashland Inc. SWOT Analysis
Table 19. Ashland Inc. Income Statement 2008-2011 Including 4-years Trends
Table 20. Ashland Inc. Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 21. Ashland Inc. Balance Sheet 2008-2011 Including Trends
Table 22. Ashland Inc. Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 23. Ashland Inc. Cash Flow 2008-2011 Including Trends
Table 24. Ashland Inc. Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Table 25. Ashland Inc. Profitability Ratios
Table 26. Ashland Inc. Margin Analysis Ratios
Table 27. Ashland Inc. Asset Turnover Ratios
Table 28. Ashland Inc. Credit Ratios
Table 29. Ashland Inc. Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Table 30. Ashland Inc. Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Table 31. Ashland Inc. Capital Market Snapshot
Table 32. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Key Facts
Table 33. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Table 34. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Table 35. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Table 36. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Table 37. Ashland Inc. Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Table 38. Chemicals Industry Statistics
Table 39. Ashland Inc. Industry Position
Table 40. Ashland Inc. vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Table 41. Ashland Inc. vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Table 42. Ashland Inc. vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Table 43. Ashland Inc. vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Table 44. Ashland Inc. Consensus Recommendations*
Table 45. Ashland Inc. Analyst Recommendation Summary*
Table 46. Ashland Inc. Price Target Summary*
Table 47. Ashland Inc. Experts Recommendation Trends*
Table 48. Ashland Inc. Revenue Estimates Analysis*
Table 49. Ashland Inc. Earnings Estimates Analysis*
Table 50. Ashland Inc. Historical Surprises*
Table 51. Ashland Inc. Revenue Estimates Trend*
Table 52. Ashland Inc. Earnings Estimates Trend*
Table 53. Ashland Inc. Revenue Revisions*
Table 54. Ashland Inc. Earnings Revisions*
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Ashland Inc. Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Figure 2. Ashland Inc. Profit Margin Chart
Figure 3. Ashland Inc. Operating Margin Chart
Figure 4. Ashland Inc. Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Figure 5. Ashland Inc. Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Figure 6. Ashland Inc. Debt to Equity Chart
Figure 7. Ashland Inc. Current Ratio Chart
Figure 8. Ashland Inc. 1-year Stock Charts
Figure 9. Ashland Inc. 5-year Stock Charts
Figure 10. Ashland Inc. vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Figure 11. Ashland Inc. vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Figure 12. Ashland Inc. Article Density Chart
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