R&D expense · 2014–2025

Ashland R&D expense

$54.0M−1.8% · FY2025

Ashland (ASH) reported $54.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −1.8% year on year.

$114M2014$99.0M2015$87.0M2016$73.0M2017$73.0M2018$58.0M2019$56.0M2020$50.0M2021$55.0M2022$51.0M2023$55.0M2024$54.0M2025
Ashland — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-09-30$54.0M−1.8%Open →
FY20242024-09-30$55.0M+7.8%Open →
FY20232023-09-30$51.0M−7.3%Open →
FY20222022-09-30$55.0M+10.0%Open →
FY20212021-09-30$50.0M−10.7%Open →
FY20202020-09-30$56.0M−3.4%Open →
FY20192019-09-30$58.0M−20.5%Open →
FY20182018-09-30$73.0M0.0%Open →
FY20172017-09-30$73.0M−16.1%Open →
FY20162016-09-30$87.0M−12.1%Open →
FY20152015-09-30$99.0M−13.2%Open →
FY20142014-09-30$114M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth −6.6%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ashland R\&D expense}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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