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Ashland
Rank: 248 (Previous rank: 239)
Get quote: ASH
Financials: Latest quarterly results
CEO: James J. O'Brien
Address: 50 E. RiverCenter Blvd., Covington, KY 41012
Phone: 859-815-3333
Website: http://www.ashland.com
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Revenues 10,007.0 1.5
Profits 407.0 -79.7
Assets 6,590.0
Stockholders' Equity 3,096.0
Market Value 3/23/2007 4,068.3
Revenues 4.1
Assets 6.2
Stockholders' equity 13.1
2006 $ 5.64
% change from 2005 -79.0
1996-2006 annual growth rate % 6.6
2006 39.6
1996-2006 annual rate 9.4
Industry: Chemicals
1 Dow Chemical 40 49,124.0
2 DuPont 74 28,982.0
3 Lyondell Chemical 106 22,228.0
4 Huntsman 184 13,148.2
5 PPG Industries 226 11,037.0
6 Ashland 248 10,007.0
7 Air Products & Chem. 275 9,158.8
8 Praxair 291 8,324.0
9 Rohm & Haas 292 8,308.0
10 Sherwin-Williams 309 7,809.8
11 Eastman Chemical 321 7,450.0
12 Monsanto 323 7,344.0
13 Celanese 346 6,668.0
14 Avery Dennison 412 5,583.1
15 Mosaic 427 5,305.8
16 Hexion Specialty Chemicals 433 5,233.0
17 Ecolab 457 4,895.8
18 Lubrizol 512 4,184.6
19 Chemtura 555 3,722.7
20 Nalco Holding 566 3,602.6
21 Rockwood Holdings 598 3,330.9
22 Cytec Industries 599 3,329.5
23 RPM International 652 3,008.3
24 Valspar 653 2,978.1
25 Solutia 659 2,947.0
26 W.R. Grace 677 2,826.5
27 UAP Holding 690 2,727.8
28 Scotts Miracle-Gro 696 2,697.1
29 PolyOne 713 2,632.0
30 Cabot 732 2,543.0
31 Westlake Chemical 747 2,484.4
32 Georgia Gulf 754 2,451.9
33 Albemarle 774 2,368.5
34 FMC 781 2,347.0
35 Intl. Flavors & Frag. 832 2,095.4
36 Ferro 844 2,041.5
37 Hercules 849 2,037.8
38 CF Industries 872 1,949.5
39 Terra Industries 908 1,836.7
40 Sigma-Aldrich 924 1,797.5
41 Schulman (A.) 981 1,616.4
42 Valhi 999 1,571.3
From the April 30th, 2007 issue
Footnote:
Figures are for fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2006.
Revenues : Includes revenues from discontinued operations of at least 10%.
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