ASH - Ashland Inc Stock Price & Dividend Safety Sector: Basic Materials | Exchange: New York Stock Exchange Current Price & Safety Score Price: 72.78 USD StockBonds Safety Grade: F Altman Z-Score (Bankruptcy Risk): 2.20 StockBond Score: 0.13 Company Description Ashland Inc operates as a global supplier of specialized chemicals and additives Its business activities are structured into four main divisions Life Sciences Personal Care Household Specialty Additives and Intermediates and Solvents The Life Sciences segment delivers pharmaceutical formulations encompassing controlled release polymers disintegrants tablet coatings thickeners solubilizers and binding agents for tablets It also offers nutritional compounds like thickeners stabilizers emulsifiers and various additives alongside nutraceutical items designed for weight management joint comfort gastrointestinal health sports nutrition and general wellbeing Additionally this division provides custom formulation services toll processing and particle engineering expertise The Personal Care Household division manufactures a diverse array of naturally derived biodegradable and highperformance ingredients for personal care products Its offerings extend to solutions for oral hygiene such as toothpastes mouthwashes denture cleansers and general dental care For household applications it supplies naturesourced rheology modifiers biodegradable wetting agents for surfaces advanced encapsulants and specialized polymers The Specialty Additives segments portfolio includes rheology modifiers agents for foam control surfactants wetting agents pH neutralizers and advanced ceramic materials which find application in catalytic converters environmental filters components for ceramic capacitors plasma display panels and solar cells Furthermore it supplies ingredients for textile printing thermoplastic metals and alloys utilized in welding processes The Intermediates and Solvents division is responsible for producing 14 butanediol and its associated derivatives notably nmethylpyrrolidone Ashlands diverse product portfolio serves clientele across numerous consumer and industrial sectors including architectural coatings construction energy food and beverage nutraceuticals personal care and pharmaceuticals The company previously known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc was established in Wilmington Delaware in 1924