ASH — ASHLAND INC.

US Industrials Wholesale equity mkt cap 3.3B
72.66 -0.22% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 47.49 · high 76.45

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Performance

1 day-0.22%
1 week-1.42%
1 month+9.16%
3 months+29.15%
6 months+12.13%
Year to date+21.40%
1 year+34.38%
3 years-15.75%
5 years-16.27%

Technicals

RSI 1453.7
vs 50-day avg+5.65%
vs 200-day avg+21.02%
Volatility 1y38.9%
Max drawdown 1y-24.68%
Avg volume 30d726.9K
Daily bars held2,494
History from2016-09-20

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)2.87%
Paid last 12m2.0850
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-02-17

Measured signals that fired on ASH

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-21Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-07Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-26Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-24Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-11LAMPKIN ROBIN E.
SVP, GC & Secretary
Option exercise1.8K74.58134.7K
2026-08-11LAMPKIN ROBIN E.
SVP, GC & Secretary
Shares withheld for tax52674.5839.2K
2026-07-29MUSA OSAMA M
SVP and CTO
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan1.3K57.9673.4K
2026-07-27Assis Alessandra Faccin
SVP and GM, Life Sciences
Option exercise3.2K66.38213.4K
2026-07-27Assis Alessandra Faccin
SVP and GM, Life Sciences
Shares withheld for tax88466.3858.7K
2026-05-08MINICUCCI JAMES P.
SVP and GM, Personal Care
Option exercise4.3K55.01237.1K
2026-05-08MINICUCCI JAMES P.
SVP and GM, Personal Care
Shares withheld for tax1.3K55.0174.0K
2026-01-21Kulkarni Ashish K
Director
Option exercise2.1K0.000
2025-11-17NOVO GUILLERMO
Chair of the Board and CEO
Option exercise6.1K49.60303.7K
2025-11-17NOVO GUILLERMO
Chair of the Board and CEO
Shares withheld for tax2.6K49.60127.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.238.8M4.3M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/156.5M2.8M
Standard Investments LLC146.0M2.6M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP138.8M2.5M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC122.1M2.2M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC114.1M2.1M
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC109.8M2.0M
FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC106.4M1.9M
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.106.1M1.9M
DIAMOND HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC97.3M1.8M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d64.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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