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Ashland Stock Hits New 52-Week High (ASH)

By TheStreet Wire 09/06/12 - 10:24 AM EDT

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Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Ashland (NYSE:ASH) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $75.46, above its previous 52-week high of $74.96 with 44,690 shares traded as of 10 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 765,400 shares over the past 30 days.

Ashland has a market cap of $5.79 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and chemicals industry. Shares are up 29% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Specialty Ingredients, Water Technologies, Performance Materials, and Consumer Markets. The company has a P/E ratio of 147.5, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 31.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Ashland as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full Ashland Ratings Report.

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