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Ashland ASH

US equityMarket cap rank #2448Specialty Chemicals
$68.78 −$0.74 (-1.06%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 4:10 am ET · After hours $68.78 0.00%
Open$68.97
Prev close$69.52
Day range$68.17 – $69.23
Volume539.1K
Market cap$3.15B
P/E (TTM)65.5
Dividend yield2.42%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership117.4%+2.26 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding414-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)45 buys / 4 sellsNet buying
Short interest9.61% of floatDays to cover 6.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share28.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

22%27%33%38%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$3.69M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 42.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock12.47%
  • Standard Investments LLC9.88%
  • Franklin Resources7.89%
  • Omega Advisors, Inc.6.37%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.43%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC5.38%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.17%
  • MFS Investment Management4.45%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund85.08%
  • Hedge Fund25.88%
  • Public Company3.02%
  • Private Company2.07%
  • Individual/Insider1.22%
  • Government Pension Fund1.00%
  • Insurance Company0.18%
  • Family Office/Trust0.17%

Reported short interest has fallen from 12.53% to 9.61% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 4,402,859 9.6% 6.8
31 Aug 2026 4,819,709 10.5% 9.8
14 Aug 2026 4,262,617 9.3% 5.5
31 Jul 2026 4,479,964 9.8% 5.3
15 Jul 2026 5,694,731 12.4% 9.7
30 Jun 2026 5,735,206 12.5% 4.1

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