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Ashland

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Ashland has retired 26.7% of its shares since 2018, from 62,487,188 to 45,793,370.

26.7%retired since 2018
19.4%last 5 years
-0.2%last 12 months
46Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2017 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 202462M shares, 201846M20182020202220242026
2017, 62,000,0002026-06-30, 45,793,370
A share bought in 2017
1.4× more of Ashland today, without buying another share. It was one of 62,000,000 shares then. It is one of 45,793,370 now.
Every filing we read9 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20172017-09-3062,000,00010-K
20182018-10-3162,487,18810-K
20192019-10-3160,183,75410-K
20202020-10-3160,578,54610-K
20212021-10-3156,838,80410-K
20222022-10-3154,147,52810-K
20232023-10-3151,259,85210-K
20242024-10-3147,109,32610-K
20252025-10-3145,718,11310-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Ashland on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Ashland buybacks, answered

Is Ashland buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 45,793,370 as of June 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 19.4%.

How many shares has Ashland bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Ashland has 16.7 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 26.7% of the company. Since fiscal 2019 alone it bought back about 18.3 million shares, while the count fell by 14.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.

How many shares does Ashland have outstanding?

45,793,370 shares, as of June 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 62,487,188.

What do Ashland's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Ashland stock in 2018 owns 1.4 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Ashland compare with other cannibal stocks?

Ashland ranks No. 63 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Academy Sports (29.3%), Cigna (29.0%), D.R. Horton (25.7%), Rave Restaurant Group (21.1%).

Every answer is computed from Ashland's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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