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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Ashland Global (ASH)

Ashland Q4 sales drop 8% to $478 million; issues fiscal 2026 EBITDA outlook

Negative Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Ashland reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 sales of $478 million, down 8% from $522 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $119 million, down 4%, with portfolio optimization actions cutting sales by about $38 million. The company also issued fiscal 2026 guidance of $1,835 million to $1,905 million in sales and $400 million to $430 million in adjusted EBITDA, and said it received a $103 million tax refund in October.

Key points

  • Q4 sales $478 million, down 8% from $522 million; pricing declined 2%
  • Q4 adjusted EBITDA $119 million, down 4% from $124 million; adjusted diluted EPS excluding intangibles amortization $1.08 versus $1.26
  • Fiscal 2026 guidance: sales $1,835 million to $1,905 million; adjusted EBITDA $400 million to $430 million
  • Fiscal 2025 net loss $845 million, including a $706 million goodwill impairment; $103 million tax refund received in October

The filing

CompanyAshland Global (ASH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 4, 2025, 5:07 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-25-264974

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:38 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 04, 2025.

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