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$40.93 -0.59 (-1.42%)
8/29/2008 4:00 PM

Ashland, Inc. (ASH)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company's businesses consist of four wholly owned segments: Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Distribution, Valvoline and Ashland Water Technologies.

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Total Members

115 Outperforms
20 Underperforms
 

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Covington (1), Small Cap (1922), Kentucky (6), Chemicals (21), It's a Noun! (83), Marketing (27), Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (41), S&P 500 (479)
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Ashland, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $40.93
Last Trade Time: 8/29/2008 4:00 PM
Open: $41.26
Previous Close: $41.52
Daily Range: $40.72 - $41.58
52-Week Range: $37.06 - $68.99
Volume: 489,435
Market Cap: $2.62B
P/E Ratio: 12.51
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Avatar PurdueBeau (98.58) Submitted: 2/23/07 9:03 AM

Valvoline....a known name

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Avatar FloodFinancial (96.98) Submitted: 5/14/07 11:29 PM

Insider sell-off... come get some of this

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Avatar 9ballkid (< 20) Submitted: 8/24/08 12:00 AM : Outperform Start Price: $40.03 ASH Score: 2.29

I use buy and hold style on my companies all these are in my real life portfolio and each is a dividend payer holding long term

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Avatar Stockhunch (96.03) Submitted: 7/19/08 1:21 PM : Outperform Start Price: $40.52 ASH Score: -1.69

1. Company is a long term dividend payer
2. Just acquired HPC (Hercules) for under HPC's value (2.5 bil)
3. P/B = .77 (Undervalued)
4. Little Debt
5. Plenty of Cash Flow
6. Extremely bullish insider buying
7. Highly Diversified within (Valvoline, Water Treatment, Paints, refrigerant, rescue products, fire fighting)
8. Working heavily on their specialized sector

This is one of those opportunities to buy a share of stock that has little chance of losing you money. This was overpriced when it was near $65. But now that it is hovering around $40 it is a Warren Buffett pick if I ever saw one before.

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Avatar firemankenny (< 20) Submitted: 5/08/08 10:59 AM : Outperform Start Price: $55.44 ASH Score: -18.70

I love Valvoline and I love their raw plastics business. This is one to watch.

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Avatar kurzzz (88.70) Submitted: 4/29/08 8:26 AM : Outperform Start Price: $52.70 ASH Score: -14.75

Strong results

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Avatar oldcontrarian (29.32) Submitted: 3/18/08 2:37 PM : Outperform Start Price: $47.20 ASH Score: -12.22

Exceptional balance sheet with almost no debt. Solid, diversified, global company.

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