TTM
18.5%
YoY change
−13.19pp
Trough year (2022)
-13.6%
Peak year (2021)
21.6%
Latest annual
-0.2%
FCF Margin history chart for Ashland (ASH) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: -0.2%
FCF Margin change chart for Ashland (ASH) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: −13.19pp
FCF Margin history table for Ashland (ASH) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | -0.2% | -13.19pp | ||
| 2024 | 13.0% | +9.64pp | ||
| 2023 | 3.3% | +16.97pp | ||
| 2022 | -13.6% | -35.19pp | ||
| 2021 | 21.6% | +18.08pp | ||
| 2020 | 3.5% | -0.58pp | ||
| 2019 | 4.1% | -1.36pp | ||
| 2018 | 5.4% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2017 | 7.2% | -7.62pp | ||
| 2016 | 14.8% | +12.79pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.0% | -4.44pp | ||
| 2014 | 6.5% | -0.43pp | ||
| 2013 | 6.9% | +5.15pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.7% | +1.05pp | ||
| 2011 | 0.7% | -4.79pp | ||
| 2010 | 5.5% | -5.03pp | ||
| 2009 | 10.5% | +7.34pp | ||
| 2008 | 3.2% | +2.64pp | ||
| 2007 | 0.5% | -1.82pp | ||
| 2006 | 2.4% | +4.97pp | ||
| 2005 | -2.6% | -2.30pp | ||
| 2004 | -0.3% | -5.62pp | ||
| 2003 | 5.3% | +4.97pp | ||
| 2002 | 0.3% | -7.98pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.3% | +5.64pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.7% | +1.63pp | ||
| 1999 | 1.0% | +3.43pp | ||
| 1998 | -2.4% | -9.08pp | ||
| 1997 | 6.7% | +4.41pp | ||
| 1996 | 2.3% | +1.77pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.5% | -0.32pp | ||
| 1994 | 0.8% | +2.74pp | ||
| 1993 | -1.9% | -0.80pp | ||
| 1992 | -1.1% | -1.41pp | ||
| 1991 | 0.3% | +2.46pp | ||
| 1990 | -2.2% | +2.46pp | ||
| 1989 | -4.6% | — |
- 2025-0.2%-13.19pp
- 202413.0%+9.64pp
- 20233.3%+16.97pp
- 2022-13.6%-35.19pp
- 202121.6%+18.08pp
- 20203.5%-0.58pp
- 20194.1%-1.36pp
- 20185.4%-1.78pp
- 20177.2%-7.62pp
- 201614.8%+12.79pp
- 20152.0%-4.44pp
- 20146.5%-0.43pp
- 20136.9%+5.15pp
- 20121.7%+1.05pp
- 20110.7%-4.79pp
- 20105.5%-5.03pp
- 200910.5%+7.34pp
- 20083.2%+2.64pp
- 20070.5%-1.82pp
- 20062.4%+4.97pp
- 2005-2.6%-2.30pp
- 2004-0.3%-5.62pp
- 20035.3%+4.97pp
- 20020.3%-7.98pp
- 20018.3%+5.64pp
- 20002.7%+1.63pp
- 19991.0%+3.43pp
- 1998-2.4%-9.08pp
- 19976.7%+4.41pp
- 19962.3%+1.77pp
- 19950.5%-0.32pp
- 19940.8%+2.74pp
- 1993-1.9%-0.80pp
- 1992-1.1%-1.41pp
- 19910.3%+2.46pp
- 1990-2.2%+2.46pp
- 1989-4.6%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Ashland's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Ashland (ASH)
According to Ashland's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 18.5%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Ashland (ASH) free cash flow margin is -0.22% – contracted 13.2 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 21.55%, reached in 2021; the historical low of -13.63% was recorded in 2022.
Ashland FCF Margin by Year
Ashland FCF Margin 2025: -0.2%
Ashland free cash flow margin in 2025 was -0.22%, contracted 13.2 percentage points from 2024.
Ashland FCF Margin 2024: 13.0%
2024's free cash flow margin for Ashland came in at 12.97%, expanded 9.6 percentage points from 2023.
Ashland FCF Margin 2023: 3.3%
Ashland posted free cash flow margin of 3.33% in 2023, expanded 17.0 percentage points from 2022.
Ashland FCF Margin 2022: -13.6%
In 2022, Ashland reported free cash flow margin of -13.63%, contracted 35.2 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Ashland FCF Margin 2021: 21.6%
Ashland free cash flow margin in 2021 was 21.55%.
See more financial history for Ashland (ASH).
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