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Ashland Inc. (ASH)

At 10:30AM ET: 35.99   0.41 (1.15%)

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted. VALUATION MEASURES   Market Cap (intraday)5: 2.74B Enterprise Value (25-Nov-09)3: 3.97B Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): 36.99 Forward P/E (fye 30-Sep-11) 1: 9.75 PEG Ratio (5 yr expected): 1.23 Price/Sales (ttm): 0.33 Price/Book (mrq): 0.75 Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3: 0.49 Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3: 4.938 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Ends: 30-Sep Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 30-Sep-09 Profitability Profit Margin (ttm): 0.88% Operating Margin (ttm): 5.85% Management Effectiveness Return on Assets (ttm): 3.89% Return on Equity (ttm): 2.30% Income Statement Revenue (ttm): 8.11B Revenue Per Share (ttm): 111.041 Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): -4.60% Gross Profit (ttm): 1.33B EBITDA (ttm): 803.00M Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 78.00M Diluted EPS (ttm): 0.97 Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy): N/A Balance Sheet Total Cash (mrq): 352.00M Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 4.632 Total Debt (mrq): 1.61B Total Debt/Equity (mrq): N/A Current Ratio (mrq): 1.579 Book Value Per Share (mrq): 47.158001 Cash Flow Statement Operating Cash Flow (ttm): 1.02B Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm): 681.13M View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online): Income Statement - Balance Sheet Cash Flow		TRADING INFORMATION   Stock Price History Beta: 3.54 52-Week Change3: 272.96% S&P500 52-Week Change3: 28.96% 52-Week High (22-Sep-09)3: 45.80 52-Week Low (05-Mar-09)3: 5.35 50-Day Moving Average3: 38.45 200-Day Moving Average3: 33.71 Share Statistics Average Volume (3 month)3: 1,318,140 Average Volume (10 day)3: 1,064,000 Shares Outstanding5: 76.00M Float: 70.24M % Held by Insiders1: 7.98% % Held by Institutions1: 81.10% Shares Short (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 2.34M Short Ratio (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 1.5 Short % of Float (as of 30-Oct-09)3: 4.00% Shares Short (prior month)3: 2.56M Dividends & Splits Forward Annual Dividend Rate4: 0.30 Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: 0.80% Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3: 0.30 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3: 0.80% 5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: 2.00% Payout Ratio4: 31% Dividend Date3: 14-Dec-09 Ex-Dividend Date4: 27-Nov-09 Last Split Factor (new per old)2: 2:1 Last Split Date3: 29-Jul-88
Add to Portfolio     Set Alert     Email to a Friend Get Key Statistics for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup • Annual Reports • Sector Analysis See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used. Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-09) ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-09) yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-09) lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 30-Sep-09) fye = Fiscal Year Ending 1 = Data provided by Thomson; 2 = Data provided by EDGAR Online; 3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance; 4 = Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.; 5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.