Ashland (NYSE:ASH) reported quarterly earnings of $1.02 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.98 by 3.03 percent. This is a 1.92 percent decrease over earnings of $1.04 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $497.000 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $485.979 million by 2.27 percent. This is a 7.34 percent increase over sales of $463.000 million the same period last year.