Ashland Inc. | ASH

Daily Technical Analysis of Ashland Inc.

Ashland is up a bit on the day, funds flowing in kept the price up 1.82% since yesterday.

It looks like Ashland isn't currently at a very decisive point in regards to support/resistance levels. Ashland hasn't shown a lot of strength recently, shareholders don't seem that energized about the Chemicals company's future prospects. ASH might find some support at the 97.27 level, buyers might push the price back up from here. But it's not very clear what will happen.

Last analyzed on 2024-11-13

Analyst Ratings for Ashland By Price Target And Rating

The analysts feel fairly neutral on the prospects for Ashland but a little more positive than negative. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 14.86. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. BMO Capital Markets provided a price target boost of 8.25% to $105.00 from $97.00 on 2024-05-07. JPMorgan Chase & Co. provided a price target boost of 2.27% to $90.00 from $88.00 on 2024-05-02. On 2024-05-01 UBS Group increased their price target by 1.75% to $116.00. Mizuho gave a boost to their price target and moved to $110.00 from $101.00 on 2024-05-01. On 2024-04-11 Wells Fargo & Company upgraded Ashland from Equal Weight to Overweight and provided a price target boost 12% to $112.00 from $100.00. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded from Hold to Buy on 2024-03-14 and also increased their price target by 26% to $126.00. On 2024-03-01 Wolfe Research started covering Ashland with a rating of Outperform and added a price target of $108.00. On 2023-11-13 Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target by -12.73% to $96.00. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesel announced a lowering of their price target to $95.00 from $105.00 on 2023-06-29.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
ASH	14.86	19.14	0	11.02	-0.45

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-04-04)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
ASH	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Ashland

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
ASH	2.3	%1.8	2.1	24.948	935000

How Ashland compares to the broader Basic Materials sector and the more specific Chemicals industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Chemicals Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	44	1.12	3.09	2.97	1.11	-0.61	13.25	51.14	12.58	4.21	4.67	-13421.43	-9911.80	10.23	12.50	3.48	1.21
Basic Materials Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	128	0.89	3.00	3.44	8.23	3.57	25.14	51.62	13.22	6.86	11.19	-11593.11	-12597.97	10.94	10.74	3.78	2.08

Social Sentiment for Ashland

Social Sentiment is an aggregation of several different factors such as news, articles, blogs, user content, ratings, etc. Which is shown in the chart below. It may become predictive of a reversal if price and the sentiment diverge. Broader market forces may push prices up or down but if market participants maintain a different view on a specific stock, it may be taken as an opportunity to buy or sell in those cases.

Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
ASH

Companies with the highest correlation to Ashland

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Short Interest Score
ESI \| Element Solutions Inc.	1.08	1.68	3.60	8.89	8.60	20.65	40.90	64	18.46	21.91	34.03	-519.70	-36499.03	0	2.40549
FUL \| H.B. Fuller Company	0.95	1.72	2.23	1.09	-11.09	-2.84	-0.38	53	-4.77	-4.11	-7.96	-5737.44	-411.70	0	2.3254
AME \| Ametek, Inc.	0.95	0.83	2.14	17.45	15.39	17.27	26.38	87	10.05	7.64	10.89	0.00	-35099.49	150	1.4047
APH \| Amphenol Corporation	0.94	1.43	6.31	8.17	10.14	10.90	64.43	67	21.01	27.04	51.97	0.00	-32367.07	0	1.73653
ECL \| Ecolab, Inc.	0.94	0.77	-0.27	-4.35	-3.11	7.16	31.01	59	33.24	48.98	53.17	-1145.69	-693.47	0	1.43564
TXT \| Textron, Inc.	0.9	1.69	2.45	2.53	-6.38	-2.39	8.92	70	0.01	1.40	2.89	-1596.91	-17660.32	0	2.47718
KIM \| Kimco Realty Corp.	0.89	0.24	1.08	6.24	9.07	39.17	35.60	66	159.00	63.45	28.62	0.00	-30767.29	0	4.17907
AXTA \| Axalta Coating Systems Lt	0.89	1.86	1.55	13.85	11.01	16.30	29.91	81	26.16	19.78	25.34	0.00	-30588.94	150	4.14746

Top 3 correlating companies

See full charts for all peers

Research

Estimates

Ratings

Short Interest

Smart Money

Options

Financials

Social

Misc