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Founded in 1924, Ashland Global is a specialty chemicals company serving a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care, and pharmaceuticals. The company has approximately 3,200 employees. The stock is a component of the S&P 400 Index.

At a time when a single event (an earnings report, a speech by the Fed chair, a jobs number, or news on tariffs) can send markets flying or diving in a single session, corporate insiders have taken cover in neutral land. The insider-sentiment data from Vickers Stock Research this week is almost as neutral as possible. On a scale where any reading between 2.00 and 6.00 is neutral and any reading above 6.00 is bearish, only the NYSE Eight-Week Sell/Buy Ratio is outside of neutral at 6.34 (and even it has improved from 7.06 two weeks ago). So all is quiet on the insider front. Insider buying activity outpaced insider selling in the Energy sector over the past week, as shares valued at $37 million were bought by insiders versus $1.4 million sold. Meanwhile, the greatest level of selling occurred in Healthcare, with shares valued at $365 million sold versus $68 million bought. This week, analysts at Vickers highlighted insider transactions of interest at Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) and Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).

The Vickers Top Insider Picks is a daily report that utilizes a proprietary algorithm to identify 25 companies with compelling insider purchase histories based on transactions over the past three months.

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals group. The company's primary product groups are iron ore, aluminum, copper, and diamonds & minerals. The company is based in London. It has approximately 60,000 employees.