secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASHLAND INC. (ASH)
CIK:        0001674862
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-008958
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashland Q1 sales down 10% YoY to $473M; adj. EBITDA falls 35% to $70M
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- Net income from continuing ops $28M ($0.54 diluted EPS) vs $42M ($0.76) a year ago; adjusted EPS excl. intangibles $0.45 vs $0.97.
- Sales $473M, down 10% YoY; adjusted EBITDA $70M, down 35% from $108M, above prior outlook range.
- Operating cash flow $201M; ongoing free cash flow $66M vs negative $21M a year ago, helped by inventory reduction.
- Repurchased 1.2M shares for $100M in Q1; $900M remaining under evergreen buyback authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024008958/0000950170-24-008958-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024008958/ash-20240130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-008958

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