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ASH [NYSE]
Ashland Inc.
Index- P/E179.37 EPS (ttm)0.48 Insider Own0.10% Shs Outstand79.00M Perf Week-0.38%
Market Cap6.80B Forward P/E10.71 EPS next Y8.04 Insider Trans-2.47% Shs Float78.76M Perf Month-2.52%
Income45.00M PEG14.99 EPS next Q1.86 Inst Own92.00% Short Float4.85% Perf Quarter7.99%
Sales8.04B P/S0.85 EPS this Y-31.40% Inst Trans0.82% Short Ratio2.99 Perf Half Y13.93%
Book/sh52.62 P/B1.64 EPS next Y21.49% ROA0.20% Target Price97.56 Perf Year34.68%
Cash/sh5.92 P/C14.53 EPS next 5Y11.97% ROE0.80% 52W Range64.31 - 90.76 Perf YTD7.80%
Dividend1.36 P/FCF45.35 EPS past 5Y-31.30% ROI4.60% 52W High-5.14% Beta2.78
Dividend %1.58% Quick Ratio1.20 Sales past 5Y1.10% Gross Margin27.20% 52W Low33.88% ATR1.75
Employees15000 Current Ratio1.70 Sales Q/Q-5.10% Oper. Margin4.70% RSI (14)46.30 Volatility2.00% 2.08%
OptionableYes Debt/Eq0.84 EPS Q/Q-38.90% Profit Margin0.40% Rel Volume0.37 Prev Close86.22
ShortableYes LT Debt/Eq0.73 EarningsJul 22 Payout250.00% Avg Volume1.28M Price86.10
Recom2.10 SMA20-1.70% SMA500.21% SMA20010.29% Volume474,966 Change-0.14%
15-Apr-13Reiterated Deutsche Bank Buy $90 → $105
27-Mar-13Reiterated Deutsche Bank Buy $92 → $90
26-Mar-13Reiterated Deutsche Bank Buy $92 → $90
05-Dec-12Reiterated Deutsche Bank Buy $85 → $90
25-Jan-12Reiterated Longbow Buy $70 → $85
07-Oct-11Reiterated Longbow Buy $85 → $70
20-Jun-11Upgrade Deutsche Bank Hold → Buy $75 → $75
01-Jun-11Upgrade Longbow Neutral → Buy $85
01-Jun-11Reiterated Deutsche Bank Hold $75 → $68
28-Apr-11Reiterated Hilliard Lyons Long-term Buy $70 → $75
23-Dec-10Downgrade Longbow Buy → Neutral
28-Apr-10Upgrade Longbow Neutral → Buy $75
12-Apr-10Reiterated Argus Buy $49 → $68
06-Apr-10Reiterated Hilliard Lyons Long-term Buy $60 → $70
01-Apr-10Reiterated Credit Suisse Outperform $60 → $63
09-Mar-10Reiterated Credit Suisse Outperform $56 → $60
05-Mar-10Downgrade Susquehanna Financial Positive → Neutral
01-Feb-10Upgrade Stifel Nicolaus Hold → Buy $49
29-Oct-09Downgrade Longbow Buy → Neutral
21-Sep-09Reiterated Credit Suisse Outperform $46 → $50
17-Jun-13 07:15AM  Ashland, UPM to collaborate on R&D of UPM Biofibrils technology theflyonthewall.com
07:02AM  Ashland Inc. and UPM to collaborate on research and development of UPM Biofibrils technology Thomson Reuters ONE
04:04AM  BRIEF-UPM-Kymmene and Ashland to study biofibrils use at Reuters
13-Jun-13 10:14AM  Chemical makers mixed after DuPont trims guidance at theflyonthewall.com
10-Jun-13 09:00AM  Ashland's Texas Plant Recognized for Safety Zacks
07-Jun-13 07:38AM  Ashland Inc.'s manufacturing facility in Texas City recognized among best in state for safety by Texas Chemical Council and Association of Chemical Industry of Texas Thomson Reuters ONE
04-Jun-13 05:25PM  Ashland Redeems Senior Notes Zacks
03-Jun-13 04:05PM  Ashland Inc. completes redemption of all remaining outstanding 9.125% senior notes due 2017 Thomson Reuters ONE
09:47AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
31-May-13 08:20AM  Update-Moody's upgrades SPCM's ratings to Ba2; positive outlook at Reuters
28-May-13 01:39PM  Div Reminder for Ashland (ASH) at Forbes
10:03AM  Ashland Pushed by Jana Seen Higher With Split : Real M&A at Bloomberg
09:54AM  Ashland Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (ASH) at TheStreet
27-May-13 01:03AM  Are Ashland's Numbers Better Than They Look? at Motley Fool
23-May-13 12:30PM  Ashland in Buyback Deal with Citi Zacks
22-May-13 03:46PM  Senate Rivals Unite to Overhaul Chemical Safety Laws at Bloomberg
12:05PM  Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners' Top Picks at Seeking Alpha
11:10AM  Ashland Launches NextGen Stunt Amplifier Zacks
08:03AM  Economist William Ford to Address INVESTKentucky Equity Conference GlobeNewswire
01:00AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
21-May-13 10:13AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
09:00AM  Valvoline teams up with Travis Pastrana and Roush Fenway Racing to launch the NextGen Stunt Amplifier PR Newswire
20-May-13 05:46PM  InPlay: Ashland enters into $150 mln accelerated share repurchase agreement Briefing.com
05:44PM  Ashland Inc. enters into $150 million accelerated share repurchase agreement Thomson Reuters ONE
16-May-13 10:30AM  Ashland Beefs Up Dividend Zacks
08:31AM  Dividend Changes To Know Now: Macys, Northrop Grumman, Ashland, United Fire & Casualty at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
15-May-13 04:50PM  Ashland Raises Dividend by More Than 50%, Launches New Buyback Program at Motley Fool
02:21PM  Whale Watch: Hedge Funds Slash Apple Stakes in Q1 at CNBC
02:11PM  Groupon and Zynga shares up on Jana's investment AP
11:55AM  Tepper's Appaloosa Slashes Apple, AIG Stakes in Q1 at CNBC
11:41AM  Zynga Jumps After Jana Partners Reveals Position at CNBC
11:22AM  David Tepper's Appaloosa reports new stake in Ashland theflyonthewall.com
10:15AM  Jana Took Stakes in Zynga, Groupon During First Quarter at Bloomberg
08:15AM  INVESTKentucky Equity Conference Announces Presentation Lineup and Schedule GlobeNewswire
07:17AM  Ashland raises dividend, buybacks after Jana picks up stake at Reuters
06:18AM  InPlay: Ashland increases quarterly dividend by 51.1% to $0.34 per share; authorizes a new $600 mln common stock repurchase program Briefing.com
06:18AM  Ashland Inc. board raises annual dividend by more than 50 percent and announces new $600 million common share repurchase program Thomson Reuters ONE
14-May-13 11:27PM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
13-May-13 01:02AM  Don't Get Too Worked Up Over Ashland's Earnings at Motley Fool
08-May-13 01:04PM  ASHLAND INC. Financials EDGAR Online Financials
12:34PM  Recent Noteworthy Institutional 5% Ownership Filings In The Basic Materials Sector at Seeking Alpha
01:10AM  This Metric Says You're Smart to Own Ashland at Motley Fool
07-May-13 03:29PM  Year-to-Date Top U.S. Corporate Bond Offerings in 2013 at Bloomberg
07:41AM  [$$] Beating the Market with Dividends at Barrons.com
02-May-13 05:41PM  Ashland Says Joint Venture Sold Products to Iran at Bloomberg
09:18AM  Should We Follow JANA Partners Into This Stock? at Motley Fool
09:11AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report EDGAR Online
01-May-13 12:01PM  Activist Could Make This Stock Rocket Upward at Motley Fool
30-Apr-13 07:16AM  [video] Hey Wall Street.. Why So Positive? at CNBC
29-Apr-13 08:07AM  Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Goes Hunting at Motley Fool
25-Apr-13 06:40AM  JANA Partners Strikes Again at Motley Fool
24-Apr-13 01:10PM  Ashland Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript at Seeking Alpha
09:25AM  Ashland Earnings: Everything You Must Know Now at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
08:40AM  InPlay: Ashland beats by $0.23, reports revs in-line; says it is now unlikely that they will be able to achieve 2011 guidance range Briefing.com
07:07AM  Q2 2013 Ashland Earnings Release - Before Market Open CCBN
06:02AM  Ashland Inc. reports preliminary financial results for second quarter of 2013 Thomson Reuters ONE
01:02AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
12:29AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
23-Apr-13 08:46AM  Kellogg Part-Owner Sells More Than 197K Shares and 4 Insider Sales to Note at Wall St. Cheat Sheet
06:04AM  Trading Ashland Before And After Earnings at Seeking Alpha
22-Apr-13 05:15PM  [video] Buy Apple Ahead of Earnings? at CNBC
02:49PM  Ashland Reaches New 52-Week High (ASH) at TheStreet
10:45AM  [video] Shareholder Activists Swap Ideas in New York City at CNBC
20-Apr-13 04:51AM  [$$] 13D Filings at Barrons.com
18-Apr-13 01:32PM  Jana's Rosenstein: Speedier disclosure of block investments would hurt investors at MarketWatch
16-Apr-13 02:09PM  JANA Partners moves on from Agrium to Ashland at MarketWatch
15-Apr-13 06:17PM  NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases AP
01:18PM  NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
10:50AM  Why one trader is buying puts in Ashland optionMONSTER
12-Apr-13 06:03PM  NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases AP +9.93%
06:03PM  NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
04:57PM  Rite Aid, Infosys, Ashland are big movers AP
04:32PM  On The Fly: Closing Wrap at theflyonthewall.com
01:20PM  NYSE stocks posting largest percentage increases AP
11:24AM  Ashland Climbs as Jana Stake Seen Hastening Breakup at Bloomberg
10:44AM  Ashland Rises On Unusually High Volume (ASH) at TheStreet
08:32AM  Met coal rebound lifts Walter Energy optionMONSTER
08:28AM  Early Movers: JPM, GPS, HD & More at CNBC
07:36AM  MARKET PULSE-Infosys, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Ashland, Netflix at Reuters
11-Apr-13 07:07PM  On The Fly: After Hours Movers at theflyonthewall.com
06:04PM  Jana takes 7.4-pct stake in Ashland AP
05:36PM  [$$] Jana Takes 7.4% Stake in Ashland at The Wall Street Journal
05:24PM  Jana Partners picks up stake in Ashland, shares rise at Reuters
05:05PM  Ashland Rises After Jana Reveals 7.4% Stake and Talks at Bloomberg
04:47PM  After-Hours Buzz: JBHT, GPS, LNKD & More at CNBC
04:32PM  JANA Partners reports 7.4% stake in Ashland, will continue talks theflyonthewall.com
04:31PM  InPlay: Ashland: JANA Partners discloses 7.4% active stake in 13D filing; firm has had discussions with ASH management Briefing.com
10-Apr-13 12:14PM  Ashland Inc. second-quarter earnings webcast set for 9 a.m. EDT, April 24 Thomson Reuters ONE
02-Apr-13 12:40PM  Ashland Rises On Unusually High Volume (ASH) at TheStreet
10:47AM  Ashland demand trends strong in March and April, says SunTrust at theflyonthewall.com
01-Apr-13 11:50AM  Strong Share And Management Discipline Bode Well For Koppers at Seeking Alpha
11:30AM  Vantiv stock jumps one year after IPO at bizjournals.com
27-Mar-13 03:38PM  Stocks Turn Mixed In Late Trading Despite Euro Fears at Investor's Business Daily
26-Mar-13 01:10PM  Analyst Moves: ASH, AAPL at Forbes
10:04AM  On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary at theflyonthewall.com
10:03AM  ASHLAND INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online
25-Mar-13 02:46PM  CFO Moves: Glowpoint, Ashland, Mines Management at The Wall Street Journal
02:17PM  Ashland Inc. announces plan to replace retiring CFO at bizjournals.com
12:50PM  Ashland stock tumbles as earnings estimates dip at bizjournals.com
12:50PM  Ashland CFO Chambers to retire in July AP
Ashland Inc. operates as a specialty chemicals company in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Specialty Ingredients, Water Technologies, Performance Materials, and Consumer Markets. The Specialty Ingredients segment produces cellulose ethers; and functional ingredients for use in personal care, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, coatings, construction, and energy markets. This segment's solutions offer an array of properties, such as thickening and rheology control, water retention, adhesive strength, binding power, film formation, conditioning and deposition, colloid stabilization, and suspension. The Water Technologies segment provides process chemicals and specialty chemicals. This segment offers deposit and scale control agents, defoamers, biocides, retention aids, frothers and collection aids, crepe and release additives, and other process additives for the pulp and paper manufacturing, mining and extraction, food processing, power, oil refining, chemicals processing, and general manufacturing industries; specialized chemicals and consulting services for the utility water treatment market; and feed and control systems, proprietary monitoring devices, and remote system surveillance equipment. The Performance Materials segment produces polyester and epoxy vinyl ester resins, gel coats, adhesives, coatings, and elastomers for the construction, transportation, infrastructure, boatbuilding, and packaging and converting markets; and offers metal casting consumables and design services for foundry management. The Consumer Markets segment produces and distributes packaged automotive, commercial, and industrial lubricants and car-care products, as well as appearance and antifreeze products. This segment also operates and franchises approximately 860 Valvoline Instant Oil Change centers; and owns and operates 336 Valvoline Express Care stores. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Covington, Kentucky.
Insider Trading Relationship Date Transaction Cost #Shares Value ($) #Shares Total SEC Form 4
HEITMAN WILLIAM JControllerMay 02Option Exercise10.721,50016,0805,428May 06 02:36 PM
Schumann Anne T.Vice PresidentApr 24Sale90.0140036,0048,652Apr 25 04:49 PM
PANICHELLA JOHN ESenior Vice PresidentApr 19Sale85.113,124265,88715,538Apr 22 12:11 PM
PANICHELLA JOHN ESenior Vice PresidentApr 15Option Exercise53.5012,525670,08228,063Apr 16 04:52 PM
Schumann Anne T.Vice PresidentApr 12Sale84.453,100261,7959,052Apr 15 05:29 PM
PANICHELLA JOHN ESenior Vice PresidentMar 15Sale80.524,911395,43415,538Mar 19 02:06 PM
PANICHELLA JOHN ESenior Vice PresidentMar 11Option Exercise37.6914,200535,19829,738Mar 13 11:21 AM
ESLER SUSAN BVice PresidentDec 13Sale77.082,912224,4570Dec 14 03:15 PM
CHAMBERS LAMAR MChief Financial OfficerDec 11Sale76.7215,5851,195,68123,703Dec 12 05:04 PM
CHAMBERS LAMAR MChief Financial OfficerDec 05Option Exercise17.3235,500614,91559,203Dec 07 03:57 PM
PANICHELLA JOHN ESenior Vice PresidentDec 04Sale73.0515,9001,161,49515,538Dec 05 04:45 PM
HALE ROGER WDirectorNov 19Option Exercise45.5712,912588,41513,912Nov 20 12:49 PM
HALE ROGER WDirectorNov 19Sale69.3512,912895,4471,000Nov 20 12:49 PM
SCHAEFER GEORGE A JRDirectorNov 15Option Exercise19.113,56268,0706,298Nov 19 09:58 AM
SCHAEFER GEORGE A JRDirectorNov 15Sale68.793,562245,0302,736Nov 19 09:58 AM
Solomon Walter HVice PresidentNov 05Option Exercise46.6411,912555,58829,702Nov 07 06:46 PM
Solomon Walter HVice PresidentNov 05Sale72.302,743198,31917,790Nov 07 06:46 PM
MITCHELL SAMUEL JSenior Vice PresidentSep 21Sale75.179,446710,0566,422Sep 24 04:44 PM
HEITMAN WILLIAM JControllerSep 21Sale75.371,915144,3341,739Sep 24 04:41 PM
HEITMAN WILLIAM JControllerSep 17Option Exercise0.003,30005,039Sep 19 04:44 PM
MITCHELL SAMUEL JSenior Vice PresidentSep 17Option Exercise0.0026,375032,796Sep 19 04:43 PM
Schumann Anne T.Vice PresidentSep 14Sale77.013,196246,12411,257Sep 17 04:25 PM
ESLER SUSAN BVice PresidentSep 13Sale75.513,245245,030483Sep 14 05:02 PM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerSep 13Sale76.0860,0724,570,27896,679Sep 14 04:57 PM
Harris Theodore LSenior Vice PresidentSep 12Sale75.678,429637,82215,649Sep 13 04:52 PM
Schumann Anne T.Vice PresidentSep 10Option Exercise0.007,350018,607Sep 12 05:58 PM
ESLER SUSAN BVice PresidentSep 07Option Exercise0.005,40005,883Sep 11 08:33 AM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerSep 07Option Exercise0.00125,0000221,679Sep 11 08:29 AM
Harris Theodore LSenior Vice PresidentSep 06Option Exercise0.0016,062031,711Sep 10 03:07 PM
Panichella John ESenior Vice PresidentAug 27Option Exercise10.7212,500134,00012,505Aug 29 04:18 PM
Panichella John ESenior Vice PresidentAug 27Sale72.986,454471,0135Aug 29 04:18 PM
ESLER SUSAN BVice PresidentAug 07Sale70.693,179224,724483Aug 08 03:34 PM
LIGOCKI KATHLEENDirectorAug 03Sale70.531,00070,53020,540Aug 06 01:16 PM
ESLER SUSAN BVice PresidentAug 01Option Exercise10.725,40057,8885,883Aug 03 09:19 AM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerJul 19Sale70.0212,800896,25696,679Jul 20 04:41 PM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerJul 18Sale70.0011,400798,000109,479Jul 20 04:41 PM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerJul 06Option Exercise49.79152,7447,605,124249,423Jul 09 04:29 PM
OBRIEN JAMES J /KYChief Executive OfficerJul 05Sale70.0037,5002,625,00096,679Jul 09 04:29 PM
CHAMBERS LAMAR MChief Financial OfficerJun 27Sale68.894,777329,08819,008Jun 28 03:22 PM
CHAMBERS LAMAR MChief Financial OfficerJun 21Option Exercise43.5919,499849,87838,507Jun 25 02:28 PM