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US · SEC FORM 4
ASHLAND INC.
ASH · NYSE · CIK 0001674862 · Industrials · Specialty Chemicals
INSIDER SIGNAL
0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window
9 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 9 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.
Why is there no score?
- No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
- Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.
Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.
Insider activity timeline
Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.
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Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying
These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2025-01-31 · NOVO GUILLERMO.
Recent Form 4 activity
P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.
Market context
Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
Price performance
- 1M
- -1.6%
- 3M
- +5.9%
- 6M
- +25.5%
- 12M
- +48.9%
Volatility & liquidity
- Volatility
- 37.9%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily value
- USD 48.3M
Valuation
- Market cap
- USD 3.2B
- P/E
- —
Fundamentals
- Profit margin
- -46.3%
- ROE
- -44.4%
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
Market data
Price data up to: 2026-10-08 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · From SEC filings: Market cap, Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-09-30 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-06-30 · Status: PASS
Short interest
Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
- Shares short
- 4,622,878
- Previous report
- 4,402,859
- Avg daily volume
- 690,823
- Days to cover
- 6.7
FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.
Historical equity purchases
Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.
| Transaction date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 31,294 | USD 64.24 | USD 2,010,327 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-01-31 | Assis Alessandra Faccin | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 3,150 | USD 64.00 | USD 201,600 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-09-01 | EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP; Sandler Ricky C | Purchase (P) | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") | 224,156 | USD 100.20 | USD 22,460,431 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-05-17 | EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP; Sandler Ricky C | Purchase (P) | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") | 48,800 | USD 101.27 | USD 4,941,976 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2020-11-24 | KALYANA SWAMINATHAN ASHOK | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 100 | USD 77.88 | USD 7,788 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2020-02-06 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 12,900 | USD 78.35 | USD 1,010,715 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
54 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 489 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | MUSA OSAMA M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 10,418 | USD 69.06 | USD 719,467 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-21 | MUSA OSAMA M | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,647 | USD 69.06 | USD 251,862 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | LAMPKIN ROBIN E. | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 1,806 | USD 74.58 | USD 134,691 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | MUSA OSAMA M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 10,418 | USD 69.06 | USD 719,467 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-21 | MUSA OSAMA M | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,647 | USD 69.06 | USD 251,862 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | LAMPKIN ROBIN E. | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 1,806 | USD 74.58 | USD 134,691 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-11 | LAMPKIN ROBIN E. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 526 | USD 74.58 | USD 39,229 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-29 | MUSA OSAMA M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 1,267 | USD 57.96 | USD 73,435 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-27 | Assis Alessandra Faccin | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,215 | USD 66.38 | USD 213,412 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-07-27 | Assis Alessandra Faccin | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 884 | USD 66.38 | USD 58,680 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-08 | MINICUCCI JAMES P. | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 4,310 | USD 55.01 | USD 237,093 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-05-08 | MINICUCCI JAMES P. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 1,346 | USD 55.01 | USD 74,043 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-21 | Kulkarni Ashish K | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 2,113 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | WHITAKER WILLIAM | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 107 | USD 49.60 | USD 5,307 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | WHITAKER WILLIAM | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 33 | USD 49.60 | USD 1,637 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | RICHARDSON SAMUEL | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 107 | USD 49.60 | USD 5,307 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | RICHARDSON SAMUEL | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 32 | USD 49.60 | USD 1,587 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 6,122 | USD 49.60 | USD 303,651 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 2,563 | USD 49.60 | USD 127,125 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | MUSA OSAMA M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 976 | USD 49.60 | USD 48,410 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | MUSA OSAMA M | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 335 | USD 49.60 | USD 16,616 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | LAMPKIN ROBIN E. | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 239 | USD 49.60 | USD 11,854 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | LAMPKIN ROBIN E. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 72 | USD 49.60 | USD 3,571 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | Drury Eileen | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 567 | USD 49.60 | USD 28,123 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-17 | Drury Eileen | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 280 | USD 49.60 | USD 13,888 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | MUSA OSAMA M | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 2,091 | USD 51.51 | USD 107,707 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | MUSA OSAMA M | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 717 | USD 51.51 | USD 36,933 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | WHITAKER WILLIAM | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 356 | USD 51.51 | USD 18,338 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | WHITAKER WILLIAM | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 108 | USD 51.51 | USD 5,563 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | RICHARDSON SAMUEL | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 228 | USD 51.51 | USD 11,744 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | RICHARDSON SAMUEL | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 69 | USD 51.51 | USD 3,554 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 9,119 | USD 51.51 | USD 469,720 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-11-14 | NOVO GUILLERMO | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,817 | USD 51.51 | USD 196,614 | SEC filing ↗ |
Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.
Snapshot & identity
| Snapshot date | 2026-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | ASH |
| CIK | 0001674862 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 5160 Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products |
| Exchange | NYSE |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 489 transaction lines from 2020-01-02 to 2026-09-21 6 P purchase lines · 21 S sale lines · 462 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.