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ASH vs NPT
Side-by-side comparison of Ashland Inc. (ASH) and Texxon Holding Limited (NPT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ASH and NPT operate in Specialty Chemicals (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- ASH is the larger of the two at $2.63B, about 24.0x NPT ($109.8M).
- Over the past year, ASH is up 10.7% and NPT is down 6.6% - ASH leads by 17.2 points.
- ASH has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for NPT).
- ASH has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for NPT).
- Company
- Ashland Inc.
- Texxon Holding Limited
- Price
- $57.49+2.30%
- $3.32+161.42%
- Market cap
- $2.63B
- $109.8M
- 1M return
- +5.52%
- +211.25%
- 1Y return
- +10.67%
- -6.57%
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Specialty Chemicals
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 2025
- News (4w)
- 6
- 1
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 0
Ashland Inc.
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. provides specialty chemical solutions worldwide. The company's Specialty Ingredients segment offers products, technologies, and resources for solving formulation and product-performance challenges. It provides solutions using natural, synthetic, and semisynthetic polymers derived from cellulose ethers, vinyl pyrrolidones, acrylic polymers, polyester and polyurethane-based adhesives, and plant and seed extracts. This segment offers its solutions for the pharmaceutical companies; makers of personal care products, food, and beverages; makers of nutraceuticals and supplements; manufacturers of paint, coatings, and construction materials; packaging and converting markets; and oilfield service companies. Its Intermediates and Solvents produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone that are used as chemical intermediates in the production of engineering polymers and polyurethanes, as well as specialty process solvents used in electronics, pharmaceuticals, water filtration membranes, and others. The company was formerly known as Ashland Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Global Holdings Inc. in September 2016. Ashland Global Holdings Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Latest ASH
- Ashland Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Loy Bertrand
- Ashland Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Loy Bertrand
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- Ashland Board appoints Bertrand Loy as new director
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- SVP and GM, Personal Care Minicucci James P. exercised 4,310 shares at a strike of $55.01 and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,346 shares, increasing direct ownership by 70% to 7,221 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- Ashland upgraded by Seaport Research Partners with a new price target
Latest NPT
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Texxon Holding Limited
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Texxon Holding Limited
- Texxon Holding Limited Announces Annual General Meeting
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Xu Hui
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Huang Jian (Hanke)
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Qin Lei
- SEC Form EFFECT filed by Texxon Holding Limited
- SEC Form F-1 filed by Texxon Holding Limited
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Li Wei
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Ren Bo