TTM
-39.0%
YoY change
−54.32pp
Trough year (2025)
-46.3%
Peak year (2022)
38.8%
Latest annual
-46.3%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Ashland (ASH) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: -46.3%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Ashland (ASH) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −54.32pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Ashland (ASH) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | -46.3% | -54.32pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.0% | -0.13pp | ||
| 2023 | 8.1% | -30.65pp | ||
| 2022 | 38.8% | +28.35pp | ||
| 2021 | 10.4% | +35.62pp | ||
| 2020 | -25.2% | -48.71pp | ||
| 2019 | 23.5% | +19.11pp | ||
| 2018 | 4.4% | +4.36pp | ||
| 2017 | 0.0% | +1.00pp | ||
| 2016 | -1.0% | -10.00pp | ||
| 2015 | 9.0% | +5.23pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.8% | -7.41pp | ||
| 2013 | 11.2% | +10.81pp | ||
| 2012 | 0.4% | -5.97pp | ||
| 2011 | 6.4% | +3.91pp | ||
| 2010 | 2.5% | +1.58pp | ||
| 2009 | 0.9% | -1.12pp | ||
| 2008 | 2.0% | -0.96pp | ||
| 2007 | 3.0% | -2.67pp | ||
| 2006 | 5.6% | -21.84pp | ||
| 2005 | 27.5% | +21.39pp | ||
| 2004 | 6.1% | +5.14pp | ||
| 2003 | 0.9% | -0.59pp | ||
| 2002 | 1.5% | -3.34pp | ||
| 2001 | 4.9% | +4.00pp | ||
| 2000 | 0.9% | -3.38pp | ||
| 1999 | 4.3% | +1.16pp | ||
| 1998 | 3.1% | +0.93pp | ||
| 1997 | 2.2% | +0.31pp | ||
| 1996 | 1.9% | +1.65pp | ||
| 1995 | 0.2% | -1.87pp | ||
| 1994 | 2.1% | +0.59pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.5% | +5.00pp | ||
| 1992 | -3.5% | -5.08pp | ||
| 1991 | 1.6% | -0.57pp | ||
| 1990 | 2.1% | +1.07pp | ||
| 1989 | 1.1% | -1.28pp | ||
| 1988 | 2.3% | +0.41pp | ||
| 1987 | 1.9% | -1.04pp | ||
| 1986 | 3.0% | +1.12pp | ||
| 1985 | 1.9% | — |
- 2025-46.3%-54.32pp
- 20248.0%-0.13pp
- 20238.1%-30.65pp
- 202238.8%+28.35pp
- 202110.4%+35.62pp
- 2020-25.2%-48.71pp
- 201923.5%+19.11pp
- 20184.4%+4.36pp
- 20170.0%+1.00pp
- 2016-1.0%-10.00pp
- 20159.0%+5.23pp
- 20143.8%-7.41pp
- 201311.2%+10.81pp
- 20120.4%-5.97pp
- 20116.4%+3.91pp
- 20102.5%+1.58pp
- 20090.9%-1.12pp
- 20082.0%-0.96pp
- 20073.0%-2.67pp
- 20065.6%-21.84pp
- 200527.5%+21.39pp
- 20046.1%+5.14pp
- 20030.9%-0.59pp
- 20021.5%-3.34pp
- 20014.9%+4.00pp
- 20000.9%-3.38pp
- 19994.3%+1.16pp
- 19983.1%+0.93pp
- 19972.2%+0.31pp
- 19961.9%+1.65pp
- 19950.2%-1.87pp
- 19942.1%+0.59pp
- 19931.5%+5.00pp
- 1992-3.5%-5.08pp
- 19911.6%-0.57pp
- 19902.1%+1.07pp
- 19891.1%-1.28pp
- 19882.3%+0.41pp
- 19871.9%-1.04pp
- 19863.0%+1.12pp
- 19851.9%—
Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at Ashland (ASH)
According to Ashland's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is -39.0%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
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) net margin is -46.33% – contracted 54.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual net margin of 38.77% was reported in 2022. The lowest in the available history was -46.33% in 2025.
Ashland Net Profit Margin by Year
Ashland Net Profit Margin 2025: -46.3%
Ashland net margin in 2025 was -46.33%, contracted 54.3 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Ashland Net Profit Margin 2024: 8.0%
2024's net margin for Ashland came in at 8.00%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2023.
Ashland Net Profit Margin 2023: 8.1%
Ashland posted net margin of 8.12% in 2023, contracted 30.6 percentage points from 2022.
Ashland Net Profit Margin 2022: 38.8%
In 2022, Ashland reported net margin of 38.77%, expanded 28.3 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Ashland Net Profit Margin 2021: 10.4%
Ashland net margin in 2021 was 10.42%.
See more financial history for Ashland (ASH).
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