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ASH Short Interest

Ashland Inc.
1W: +1.7% 1M: +4.8% 3M: +7.0% YTD: +23.4% 1Y: +49.2% 3Y: +2.4% 5Y: -16.8%
$72.78
+0.46 (+0.64%)
After Hours: $69.59 (-3.19, -4.38%)
Weekly Expected Move ±2.9%
$69 $71 $73 $75 $77
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 71 · $3.3B mcap · 38M float · 1.93% daily turnover · Short 72% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 54% of companies Debt: 30.8% of company value Bonds: $67.0M held by 98 funds, 128 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.18 (down 97%), Ashland Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.48B against a stock market value of $3.31B.
Distance to default 5.50 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $687.0M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 38.0%; Altman Z 2.19. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
79.9%
Short Ratio
of total volume
73.6%
20-Day Avg
75.3%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.1M
Short Volume
0.1M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 76,617 96,431 79.5%
NYSE 12,571 15,123 83.1%
BATS 15 76 19.6%

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