Ashland Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Ashland stock have an average target of 67.57, with a low estimate of 60 and a high estimate of 71. The average target predicts an increase of 13.33% from the current stock price of 59.62.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$60	$67.57	$70	$71
Change	+0.64%	+13.33%	+17.41%	+19.09%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Ashland stock from 8 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Buy	1	2	2	3	3	3
Hold	3	3	4	3	3	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	7	8	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Stephen Richardson Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $53 → $62	Hold	Maintains	$53 → $62	+3.99%	Feb 18, 2026
Jeffrey Zekauskas JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $77 → $70	Buy	Maintains	$77 → $70	+17.41%	Feb 4, 2026
Joshua Spector UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $64 → $70	Strong Buy	Maintains	$64 → $70	+17.41%	Jan 12, 2026
Alexandra Yates Argus Research	Argus Research	Strong Buy Maintains $65 → $70	Strong Buy	Maintains	$65 → $70	+17.41%	Jan 12, 2026
Michael Sison Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $51 → $60	Hold	Maintains	$51 → $60	+0.64%	Dec 19, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.87B

from 1.82B

2.52%

from 1.82B

Revenue Next Year

1.94B

from 1.87B

3.74%

from 1.87B

EPS This Year

3.93

from -18.37

EPS Next Year

4.72

from 3.93

19.86%

from 3.93

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	2.11B	2.39B	2.19B	2.11B	1.82B	1.87B	1.94B
Revenue Growth	4.71%	13.26%	-8.37%	-3.56%	-13.68%	2.52%	3.74%
EPS	3.59	16.52	3.32	3.35	-18.37	3.93	4.72
EPS Growth	-	360.14%	-79.93%	1.05%	-	-	19.86%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	15.15	12.64
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	2.0B	2.1B
Avg	1.9B	1.9B
Low	1.8B	1.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.3%	10.0%
Avg	2.5%	3.7%
Low	-1.5%	-1.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	4.62	5.25
Avg	3.93	4.72
Low	3.51	3.92

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-	33.4%
Avg	-	19.9%
Low	-	-0.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.