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Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Ashland Global Holdings Inc

ASH in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ashland supplies specialty chemicals and additive ingredients used in pharmaceuticals, personal care, food, industrial and construction products. Its Life Sciences unit supplies polymers, coatings and tablet binders for pharmaceutical and nutrition applications; Personal Care makes ingredients for skin, oral and household care; Specialty Additives covers thickening agents, foam controllers and advanced ceramic materials for filters and capacitors; Intermediates produces a chemical building block used to make solvents and plastics. It sells across coatings, energy, food and pharmaceutical markets and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Where it sits in the stack
Ashland carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index; it sits in our universe's materials sleeve, within the specialty chemicals industry, supplying additive ingredients rather than components used in the compute stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not carry a peer group for Ashland; the specialty-chemical names the market compares it with include DuPont and Croda International.
Why Closelook tracks it
Ashland holds a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin seat; it does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for pharmaceutical and personal-care ingredients holds up as end markets slow, and whether intermediates volumes move with wider industrial chemical demand.

Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ASH, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against ASH on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.42%, quarterly · last 0.42 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What ASH pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.67 USD per share · a 2.42% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +1.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.64 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.42 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.39 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.60 USD · 2025: 1.65 USD · 2026: 1.26 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH)?

Ashland Global Holdings Inc trades as ASH on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ASH in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Ashland Global Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does ASH trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.3% vs the 50-day and +11.9% vs the 200-day average, 11.7% below the 52-week high and +52.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Ashland Global Holdings Inc do?

Ashland supplies specialty chemicals and additive ingredients used in pharmaceuticals, personal care, food, industrial and construction products. Its Life Sciences unit supplies polymers, coatings and tablet binders for pharmaceutical and nutrition applications; Personal Care makes ingredients for skin, oral and household care; Specialty Additives covers thickening agents, foam controllers and advanced ceramic materials for filters and capacitors; Intermediates produces a chemical building block used to make solvents and plastics. It sells across coatings, energy, food and pharmaceutical markets and is based in Wilmington, Delaware. The diary does not carry a peer group for Ashland; the specialty-chemical names the market compares it with include DuPont and Croda International.

Where does Ashland Global Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Ashland carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index; it sits in our universe's materials sleeve, within the specialty chemicals industry, supplying additive ingredients rather than components used in the compute stack. Ashland holds a Russell 1000 seat but no Rubin seat; it does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition.

Does Ashland Global Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

Ashland Global Holdings Inc has paid 1.67 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.42% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.42 USD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ASH, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.