ASH

Ashland Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Basic Materials DELAYED
Last price
70.97
▲ 2.19 (3.18%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
—
Prev close
68.78
Day high
71.72
Day low
69.68
Volume
1.08M
Market cap
$3.25B
P/E (TTM)
45.49
52W range
47.12 – 78.25

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+3.70% +1.7%
1M
-2.69% -3.8%
3M
+11.41% +6.9%
6M
+30.58% +12.4%
YTD
+20.96% +6.7%
1Y
+45.85% +29.4%
3Y
-13.11% -95.4%
5Y
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Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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5 more panels on ASH open with an account.

Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
538.53K
Total on file

Insider transactions

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DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Sep 21, 26
MUSA OSAMA M
Chief Technology Officer
— 10.42K — Direct
Aug 11, 26
LAMPKIN ROBIN E
General Counsel
CONVERSION 1.81K $134.69K Direct
Jul 29, 26
MUSA OSAMA M
Chief Technology Officer
CONVERSION 1.27K $73.44K Direct
Jul 27, 26
ASSIS ALESSANDRA FACCIN
Officer
CONVERSION 3.21K $213.41K Direct
May 8, 26
MINICUCCI JAMES P
Officer
CONVERSION 4.31K $237.09K Direct
Jan 21, 26
KULKARNI ASHISH K
Director
— 2.11K — Direct
Nov 17, 25
WHITAKER WILLIAM
Chief Financial Officer
CONVERSION 107 $5.31K Direct
Nov 17, 25
RICHARDSON SAMUEL
Officer
CONVERSION 107 $5.31K Direct
Nov 17, 25
NOVO GUILLERMO
Chief Executive Officer
CONVERSION 6.12K $303.65K Direct
Nov 17, 25
MUSA OSAMA M
Chief Technology Officer
CONVERSION 976 $48.41K Direct
Nov 17, 25
DRURY EILEEN
Officer
CONVERSION 567 $28.12K Direct
Nov 17, 25
LAMPKIN ROBIN E
General Counsel
CONVERSION 239 $11.85K Direct
Nov 14, 25
MINICUCCI JAMES P
Officer
CONVERSION 2.25K $117.26K Direct
Nov 14, 25
WHITAKER WILLIAM
Chief Financial Officer
CONVERSION 585 $30.50K Direct
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
ASSIS ALESSANDRA FACCIN
Officer 8.21K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
BONI ERIC N.
Officer 22.32K Sale
BOSTAPH KARL R
Officer 7.01K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
DRURY EILEEN
Officer 7.60K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
KULKARNI ASHISH K
Director 2.11K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
LAMPKIN ROBIN E
General Counsel 7.16K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
MINICUCCI JAMES P
Officer 7.22K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
MUSA OSAMA M
Chief Technology Officer 37.58K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
NOVO GUILLERMO
Chief Executive Officer 172.14K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
WILLIS JOHN KEVIN
Chief Financial Officer 268.96K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$3.25B
Enterprise value$4.29B
Revenue (TTM)$1.84B
Gross profit$615.00M
EBITDA$364.00M
Net income$75.00M
EPS (TTM)$1.56
Free cash flow$269.12M
Total cash$440.00M
Total debt$1.48B
Book value / share$40.84
Shares outstanding45.79M
Float37.78M
Short % of float10.83%
Dividend yield2.37%
Beta (5Y)0.40

Valuation & profitability ratios

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Trailing P/E45.49
Forward P/E16.50
PEG ratio1.23
Price / sales—
Price / book1.74
EV / revenue2.33
EV / EBITDA11.78
Gross margin33.39%
Operating margin11.47%
Profit margin2.82%
Return on equity3.99%
Return on assets2.43%
Debt / equity78.93
Current ratio3.05
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Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 4 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $1.82B$2.11B$2.19B$2.39B -13.7%
Operating revenue $1.82B$2.11B$2.19B$2.39B -13.7%
Cost of revenue $1.27B$1.50B$1.52B$1.56B -14.7%
Gross profit $549.00M$618.00M$668.00M$830.00M -11.2%
Research & development $54.00M$55.00M$51.00M$55.00M -1.8%
Selling, general & admin $344.00M$404.00M$365.00M$393.00M -14.9%
Total operating expense $461.00M$535.00M$509.00M$542.00M -13.8%
Operating income $88.00M$83.00M$159.00M$288.00M +6.0%
Net interest income -$58.00M-$45.00M-$45.00M-$62.00M -28.9%
Pre-tax income -$809.00M-$24.00M$160.00M$206.00M -3,270.8%
Tax provision $13.00M-$223.00M-$8.00M$25.00M +105.8%
Net income -$845.00M$169.00M$178.00M$927.00M -600.0%
Net income to common -$845.00M$169.00M$178.00M$927.00M -600.0%
Basic EPS -18.233.603.4917.17 -607.0%
Diluted EPS -18.233.363.3116.41 -642.6%
EBIT -$748.00M$29.00M$214.00M$268.00M -2,679.3%
EBITDA -$511.00M$303.00M$457.00M$509.00M -268.6%
Basic shares 46.00M47.00M51.00M54.00M -2.1%
Diluted shares 46.00M50.00M54.00M56.00M -8.0%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.03
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.46
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
40.00
-43.6% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
0.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
1.64K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
56
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
55.00
16 contracts
Heaviest put OI
40.00
11 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.981.02 +3.6%
Mar 2026 0.940.91 -3.0%
Dec 2025 0.250.26 +5.2%
Sep 2025 1.261.08 -14.6%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 1.28 9 $502.45M +5.1%
Next quarter 0.31 3 $406.55M +5.3%
Current year 3.52 12 $1.86B +2.2%
Next year 4.30 11 $1.93B +3.6%

Analyst targets & ownership

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Mean target$79.91
High target$90.00
Low target$70.00
Implied upside12.60%
Analyst count11
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 8
Hold3
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders1.18%
Held by institutions119.34%
Institutions holding478
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Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
68.95
+2.93% from price
SMA 20
69.54
+2.05% from price
SMA 50
71.83
-1.19% from price
SMA 100
67.34
+5.39% from price
SMA 200
62.70
+13.20% from price
EMA 12
69.42
+2.24% from price
EMA 26
70.08
+1.27% from price
EMA 50
69.92
+1.50% from price
RSI (14)
54.4
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.66
Hist 0.15
ATR (14)
1.65
2.32% of price
Realised vol 30D
19.7%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
71.58
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
67.51
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
71.83 vs 62.70
Trend bias
Above 200
+13.20%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 70.97
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.88
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.30
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
19.7%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-24.7%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-59.0%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
1.65
2.32% of price
Beta (reported)
0.40
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
4.40M
Prior 4.26M
Change vs prior
+3.3%
Shorts adding
% of float
10.83%
Elevated
% of shares out
9.61%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
7.8
Crowded exit
Float
37.78M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

213 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Oct 5, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Aug 6, 26 Morgan Stanley MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 31, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight
Jul 30, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 30, 26 Evercore ISI Group MAINTAINED In-Line In-Line
Jul 29, 26 Mizuho MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jul 29, 26 BMO Capital MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Jul 10, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jun 10, 26 UBS MAINTAINED Buy Buy
May 6, 26 Seaport Global UPGRADE Neutral Buy
Apr 30, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Apr 30, 26 Wells Fargo MAINTAINED Equal-Weight Equal-Weight

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate$1.68 / yr
Forward yield2.37%
5-year avg yield1.73%
Payout ratio106.73%
Ex-dividend dateSep 1, 2026
Next pay dateSep 15, 2026
Last split511:250
Split dateMay 15, 2017

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