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Ashland Inc. (ASH)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Wilmington, United States | NYSE
74.37 USD +0.43 (0.582%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 74.37
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m. EDT

The immediate catalyst here is the activist pressure from Ancora, which has successfully ignited a short-term rally and drawn attention from figures like Jim Cramer. The stock is trading at a massive valuation disconnect, with a trailing P/E of 46x despite a paltry 3.9% return on equity and a recent 35% drop in annual revenue growth. This suggests the market is pricing in a turnaround that hasn't happened yet. While the options flow is clearly bullish, hoping for a quick bounce based on activist noise is dangerous given the deteriorating fundamentals. The long-term outlook is weak; the company is failing to generate meaningful growth or returns on capital, and the recent price collapse reflects a reality check on its business model. The dividend is not sustainable at current levels given the payout ratio exceeds 100%, meaning the yield is likely a trap for income seekers. Investors should view this as a speculative trade on activist success rather than a fundamental investment opportunity.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.039379
AutoETS0.066164
MSTL0.067593
AutoARIMA0.067886

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 10.53
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.284
Excess Kurtosis -1.06
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-31
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-31
Debt to Equity Ratio 78.93
Revenue per Share 40.707
Market Cap 3,405,652,992
Trailing P/E 47.37
Forward P/E 17.29
Beta 0.39
Profit Margins 2.82%
Previous Name Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
Website https://www.ashland.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a modest rebound rather than a crash. Call volume significantly outweighs put volume across all expirations, with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (70 and 75 strikes) suggesting a bullish bias. However, the implied volatility skew shows a distinct fear premium on puts (ATM IV 0.62 vs 0.41 for calls), indicating that while buyers are optimistic, sellers are pricing in a significant downside risk if the stock fails to break key resistance levels.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.72% 2.84% 2.35% 1.95%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-01 0.420000 0.724013
2026-02-27 0.415000 0.665491
2025-12-01 0.415000 0.713917
2025-08-29 0.415000 0.739092
2025-05-30 0.415000 0.838215
2025-02-28 0.405000 0.665899
2024-11-29 0.405000 0.518832
2024-08-30 0.405000 0.452514
2024-05-31 0.405000 0.404313
2024-02-29 0.385000 0.411149
2023-11-30 0.385000 0.481732
2023-08-31 0.385000 0.444419
2023-05-31 0.385000 0.453582
2023-02-28 0.335000 0.329141
2022-11-30 0.335000 0.299455
2022-08-31 0.335000 0.329206
2022-05-31 0.335000 0.313026
2022-02-28 0.300000 0.325098
2021-11-30 0.300000 0.296824
2021-08-31 0.300000 0.329272
2021-05-28 0.300000 0.316322
2021-02-25 0.275000 0.324905
2020-11-30 0.275000 0.365837
2020-08-31 0.275000 0.373185
2020-05-29 0.275000 0.409470
2020-02-27 0.275000 0.378059
2019-11-29 0.275000 0.383543
2019-08-29 0.275000 0.379206
2019-05-31 0.275000 0.367303
2019-02-28 0.250000 0.323081
2018-11-30 0.250000 0.305288
2018-08-30 0.250000 0.297938
2018-05-31 0.250000 0.321668
2018-02-28 0.225000 0.317707
2017-11-30 0.225000 0.304136
2017-08-30 0.225000 0.370127
2017-05-30 0.225000 0.338397
2017-02-27 0.190802 0.322340
2016-11-29 0.190802 0.340819
2016-08-17 0.190802 0.341985
2016-06-01 0.190802 0.345775
2016-02-17 0.190802 0.414056
2015-11-27 0.190802 0.347005
2015-08-19 0.190802 0.344492
2015-05-27 0.190802 0.303832
2015-02-11 0.166341 0.273511
2014-11-26 0.166341 0.299560
2014-08-13 0.166341 0.325142
2014-05-28 0.166341 0.330869
2014-02-12 0.166341 0.354870
2013-11-27 0.166341 0.373135
2013-08-14 0.166341 0.377653
2013-05-29 0.166341 0.385445
2013-02-13 0.110078 0.287723
2012-11-29 0.110078 0.319058
2012-08-15 0.110078 0.303807
2012-05-30 0.110078 0.352388
2012-02-15 0.085616 0.277997
2011-11-29 0.085616 0.351051
2011-08-17 0.085616 0.329255
2011-05-31 0.085616 0.256071
2011-02-16 0.073386 0.247404
2010-11-29 0.073386 0.292001
2010-08-18 0.073386 0.298747
2010-05-28 0.073386 0.279800
2010-02-17 0.036693 0.162023
2009-11-27 0.036693 0.210321
2009-08-18 0.036693 0.225905
2009-05-26 0.036693 0.278502
2009-02-17 0.036693 1.099714
2008-11-26 0.036693 0.786169
2008-08-18 0.134540 0.687843
2008-05-23 0.134540 0.506912
2008-02-14 0.134540 0.608811
2007-11-21 0.134540 0.569830
2007-08-16 0.134540 0.502008
2007-05-24 0.134540 0.468404
2007-02-14 0.134540 0.402635
2006-11-22 0.134540 0.410877
2006-08-17 0.134540 0.421004
2006-05-25 0.134540 0.455298
2006-02-15 0.134540 0.423077
2005-11-17 0.134540 0.502374
2005-08-18 0.134540 0.457951
2005-05-25 0.110484 0.407285
2005-02-16 0.110484 0.429016
2004-11-18 0.110484 0.474709
2004-08-19 0.110484 0.553096
2004-05-26 0.110484 0.588737
2004-02-19 0.110484 0.587605
2003-11-20 0.110484 0.712064
2003-08-21 0.110484 0.830813
2003-05-28 0.110484 0.859641
2003-02-20 0.110484 1.009542
2002-11-21 0.110484 1.011026
2002-08-22 0.110484 0.914226
2002-05-28 0.110484 0.724826
2002-02-21 0.110484 0.624430
2001-11-21 0.110484 0.645538
2001-08-22 0.110484 0.661056
2001-05-24 0.110484 0.662329
2001-02-21 0.110484 0.699743
2000-11-16 0.110484 0.831755
2000-08-22 0.110484 0.769228
2000-05-25 0.110484 0.801455
2000-02-22 0.104573 0.888885
1999-11-18 0.104573 0.773283
1999-08-24 0.104573 0.721309
1999-05-26 0.104573 0.671753
1999-02-22 0.104573 0.624997
1998-11-19 0.104573 0.560507
1998-08-21 0.104573 0.521943
1998-05-28 0.104573 0.572169
1998-02-20 0.104573 0.505164
1997-11-20 0.104573 0.580473
1997-08-22 0.104573 0.543208
1997-05-27 0.104573 0.585104
1997-02-20 0.104573 0.639532
1996-11-21 0.104573 0.619716
1996-08-21 0.104573 0.718951
1996-05-24 0.104573 0.637679
1996-02-21 0.104573 0.714283
1995-11-22 0.104573 0.827064
1995-08-22 0.104573 0.827064
1995-05-25 0.104573 0.753422
1995-02-16 0.104573 0.856028
1994-11-21 0.104573 0.738252
1994-08-18 0.095067 0.680274
1994-05-25 0.095067 0.673402
1994-02-17 0.095067 0.602411
1993-11-12 0.095067 0.722023
1993-08-18 0.095067 0.800002
1993-05-26 0.095067 0.966186
1993-02-11 0.095067 0.909093
1992-11-13 0.095067 1.000003
1992-08-14 0.095067 1.015231
1992-05-27 0.095067 0.800002
1992-02-13 0.095067 0.751882
1991-11-14 0.095067 0.836822
1991-08-16 0.095067 0.851066
1991-05-22 0.095067 0.819674
1991-02-14 0.095067 0.862071
1990-11-14 0.095067 0.862071
1990-08-17 0.095067 0.787404
1990-05-23 0.095067 0.645163
1990-02-21 0.095067 0.692043
1989-11-15 0.095067 0.716848
1989-08-04 0.095067 0.651467
1989-05-24 0.095067 0.613499
1989-02-08 0.095067 0.727275
1988-11-16 0.095067 0.778212
1988-08-08 0.095067 0.684933
1988-05-24 0.095067 0.732603
1988-02-05 0.085560 0.796459
1987-11-13 0.085560 0.849056
1987-08-07 0.085560 0.661764
1987-05-26 0.085560 0.705882
1987-02-05 0.085560 0.719999
1986-11-14 0.085560 0.789473
1986-08-07 0.085560 0.831408
1986-05-20 0.085560 0.786025
1986-02-07 0.076053 1.084740
1985-11-13 0.076053 1.114977
1985-08-06 0.076053 1.221367
1985-05-23 0.076053 1.397372
1985-02-06 0.076053 1.379303
1984-11-13 0.076053 1.428564
1984-08-07 0.076053 1.787700
1984-05-22 0.076053 1.474646
1984-02-07 0.076053 1.434970
1983-11-04 0.076053 1.379303
1983-08-08 0.076053 1.379303
1983-05-17 0.114080 1.690139
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.68
dividendYield 2.27
exDividendDate 2026-09-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.665
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.022518257
lastDividendValue 0.42
lastDividendDate 2026-06-01
dividendDate 2026-09-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.35538542
Address1 8,145 Blazer Drive
All Time High 114.36
All Time Low 2.617417
Ask 74.27
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 465,590
Average Daily Volume3 Month 878,512
Average Volume 878,512
Average Volume10Days 465,590
Beta 0.39
Bid 74.23
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 4
Book Value 40.836
City Wilmington
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 74.37
Current Ratio 3.047
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 74.715
Day Low 73.07
Debt To Equity 78.93
Display Name Ashland
Dividend Date 1,789,430,400
Dividend Rate 1.68
Dividend Yield 2.27
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,330,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,330,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,268,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 364,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.19760999
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.202
Enterprise To Revenue 2.411
Enterprise Value 4,441,652,736
Eps Current Year 3.52781
Eps Forward 4.30058
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.57
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,220,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 69.677
Fifty Day Average Change 4.693001
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06735366
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 35.538544
Fifty Two Week High 78.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.8799973
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04958463
Fifty Two Week Low 46.3
Fifty Two Week Low Change 28.070004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.6062636
Fifty Two Week Range 46.3 - 78.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.89
Float Shares 37,761,213
Forward Eps 4.30058
Forward P E 17.293016
Free Cashflow 269,124,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,900
Fullday Change 0.43
Fullday Change Percent 0.581553
Fullday Price 74.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.33388
Gross Profits 615,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01176
Held Percent Institutions 1.19382
Implied Shares Outstanding 45,793,370
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,272,000
Last Dividend Value 0.42
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,494,806,400
Last Split Factor 511:250
Long Business Summary Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; and nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; agricultural chemicals; diagnostic films; and fine chemicals. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of natural, nature-derived, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Long Name Ashland Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,405,652,992
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_252339
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-08-29
Net Income To Common 75,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,385,961,777
Number Of Analyst Opinions 11
Open 74.55
Operating Cashflow 291,000,000
Operating Margins 0.11469
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 1.0673001
Peg Ratio 1.23
Phone 302 995 3000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 74.37
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Prev Name Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
Previous Close 73.94
Price Eps Current Year 21.081068
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8211874
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.8488888
Profit Margins 0.02823
Quick Ratio 1.601
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.58333
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.43
Regular Market Change Percent 0.581553
Regular Market Day High 74.715
Regular Market Day Low 73.07
Regular Market Day Range 73.07 - 74.715
Regular Market Open 74.55
Regular Market Previous Close 73.94
Regular Market Price 74.37
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 469,395
Return On Assets 0.024319999
Return On Equity 0.0399
Revenue Growth 0.073
Revenue Per Share 40.707
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 45,793,370
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.093100004
Shares Short 4,262,617
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 5,694,731
Short Name Ashland Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.104899995
Short Ratio 5.37
Source Interval 15
State DE
Symbol ASH
Target High Price 90.0
Target Low Price 70.0
Target Mean Price 80.18182
Target Median Price 80.0
Total Cash 440,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 9.608
Total Debt 1,476,000,000
Total Revenue 1,842,000,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.665
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.022518257
Trailing Eps 1.57
Trailing P E 47.369427
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 60.64715
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.722855
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.2262737
Type Disp Equity
Volume 469,395
Website https://www.ashland.com
Zip 19,808