Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Ashland Inc (NYSE: ASH) set off with pace as it heaved 6.05% to $53.1, before settling in for the price of $50.07 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, ASH posted a 52-week range of $45.21-$80.94.
The Basic Materials Sector giants’ yearly sales growth during the last 5-year period was -15.51%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -15.51%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 19.10%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $45.71 million, simultaneously with a float of $45.15 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $2.43 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $49.98, while the 200-day Moving Average is $53.26.
Ashland Inc (ASH) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Specialty Chemicals industry. Ashland Inc’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.18%, in contrast to 93.25% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jan 31 ’25, this organization’s Chair of the Board and CEO bought 31,294 shares at the rate of 64.24, making the entire transaction reach 2,010,327 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 31,294. Preceding that transaction, on Jan 31 ’25, Company’s SVP and GM, Life Sciences bought 3,150 for 64.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 201,600. This particular insider is now the holder of 3,150 in total.
Ashland Inc (ASH) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.13 per share during the current fiscal year. Ashland Inc’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 19.10% and is forecasted to reach 4.67 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 17.56% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -15.51% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Ashland Inc (NYSE: ASH) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Ashland Inc (ASH). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.51. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.33.
In the same vein, ASH’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded -18.26, a figure that is expected to reach 0.23 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 4.67 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Ashland Inc (ASH)
Going through the that latest performance of [Ashland Inc, ASH]. Its last 5-days volume of 1.08 million indicated improvement to the volume of 0.66 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 78.49% While, its Average True Range was 73.55.
Raw Stochastic average of Ashland Inc (ASH) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 63.54%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 96.22% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 1.60 that was higher than 1.39 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
