secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ASHLAND INC. (ASH)
CIK:        0001674862
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-050629
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashland Q2 sales $575M, adjusted EBITDA $126M beats outlook; volumes improve first time since June 2022
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- Sales $575M, down 5% YoY; net income $120M ($2.39 diluted), up from $91M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $126M, down 13% from $145M but above prior outlook range.
- Adjusted EPS ex-intangibles $1.27 vs $1.43; diluted shares down to 51M vs 55M.
- Ongoing free cash flow $4M vs $37M; cash from ops $54M.
- Personal Care and Specialty Additives volumes improving; $900M remaining under buyback authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024050629/0000950170-24-050629-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674862/000095017024050629/ash-20240430.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-050629

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