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Ashland Inc. (ASH)
64.8  1.58 (2.5%)    02-20 16:00
Open: 62.77
High: 64.836
Volume: 586,703
  
Pre. Close: 63.22
Low: 62.29
Market Cap: 2,965(M)
Technical analysis
2026-02-20 4:43:41 PM
Short term     
Mid term     
Targets 6-month :  76.67 1-year :  89.55
Resists First :  65.64 Second :  76.67
Pivot price 62.42
Supports First :  60.84 Second :  57.86
MAs MA(5) :  62.51 MA(20) :  62.41
MA(100) :  55.79 MA(250) :  53.52
MACD MACD :  0.5 Signal :  0.4
%K %D K(14,3) :  76.3 D(3) :  59.9
RSI RSI(14): 60.4
52-week High :  65.64 Low :  44.16
Price, MAs and Bollinger Bands

Price has closed above its short-term moving average. Short-term moving average is currently above mid-term; and above long-term moving average. From the relationship between price and moving averages: This stock is BULLISH in short-term; and BULLISH in mid-long term.
[ ASH ] has closed below upper band by 6.9%. Bollinger Bands are 2.1% narrower than normal. The current width of the bands does not suggest anything about the future direction or movement of prices.

Stock Price Prediction
If tomorrow: Open lower Open higher
High: 64.88 - 65.33 65.33 - 65.69
Low: 61.45 - 61.93 61.93 - 62.3
Close: 64.16 - 64.92 64.92 - 65.5
Company Description

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates through Life Sciences; Personal Care & Household; Specialty Additives; and Intermediates and Solvents segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. The Personal Care & Household segment provides a range of nature-based, 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. The Intermediates and Solvents 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, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Headline News

Fri, 20 Feb 2026
Morgan Stanley Adjusts Ashland Inc. (ASH) Model Following Fiscal Q1 Results - Yahoo Finance

Wed, 18 Feb 2026
Evercore ISI Group Maintains Ashland (ASH), Raises Price Target - GuruFocus

Tue, 17 Feb 2026
Ashland EPA Green Light Puts Agrimer Eco-Coat In Crop Care Focus - Sahm

Fri, 06 Feb 2026
Ashland (NYSE:ASH) Is Paying Out A Dividend Of $0.415 - simplywall.st

Wed, 04 Feb 2026
Decoding Ashland Inc (ASH): A Strategic SWOT Insight - GuruFocus

Mon, 02 Feb 2026
Ashland Inc. Reports Q1 Fiscal 2026 Results: Sales of $386 Million and Adjusted EBITDA Guidance Narrowed to $400–$420 Million - Quiver Quantitative

Financial Analysis
Price to Book Value:
P/BV, a ratio used to compare book value to its current market price, to gauge whether a stock is valued properly.
Neutral
Price to Earnings:
PE, the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its earnings per share (EPS).
Underperform
Discounted cash flow:
DCF, a valuation method used to estimate the value of an investment based on its expected future cash flows.
Outperform
Return on Assets:
ROA, indicates how profitable a company is in relation to its total assets, how efficiently uses assets to generate a profit.
Underperform
Return on Equity:
ROE, a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by equity. a gauge of profitability and efficiency.
Underperform
Debt to Equity:
evaluate financial leverage, reflects the ability of equity to cover outstanding debts in the event of a business downturn.
Underperform
Stock Basics & Statistics
Exchange:
NYSE
Sector:
Basic Materials
Industry:
Chemicals - Specialty
Shares Out 46 (M)
Shares Float 39 (M)
Held by Insiders 1.1 (%)
Held by Institutions 99.4 (%)
Shares Short 3,820 (K)
Shares Short P.Month 3,810 (K)
Stock Financials
EPS -17.58
EPS Est Next Qtrly 0
EPS Est This Year 0
EPS Est Next Year 0
Book Value (p.s.) 41.38
Profit Margin -46.4 %
Operating Margin 14.2 %
Return on Assets (ttm) 2 %
Return on Equity (ttm) -34.5 %
Qtrly Rev. Growth -8.7 %
Gross Profit (p.s.) 13.37
Sales Per Share 39.77
EBITDA (p.s.) 7.95
Qtrly Earnings Growth 135.6 %
Operating Cash Flow 94 (M)
Levered Free Cash Flow 23 (M)
Stock Valuations
PE Ratio -3.69
PEG Ratio 0
Price to Book value 1.56
Price to Sales 1.62
Price to Cash Flow 31.54
Stock Dividends
Dividend 0.4
Forward Dividend 0
Dividend Yield 0.6%
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