Materials / Specialty ChemicalsUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Market cap

1.2B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E16

P25 10.4P50 15.8P75 24

Trailing P/En/a

P25 15.7P50 22.1P75 35.3

ROE-1.2

P25 -20.7P50 0.8P75 14.1

ROIC3.2

P25 -9.3P50 3.2P75 11.3

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Indicator catalog

All SCL market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

235

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 235 of 235 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000094049
Company name	Stepan Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	858586100
Employees	2,328
Employees Change	-68%
Employees Change Percent	-2.84
Enterprise value	$1.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Isin	US8585861003
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.2B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$52.93
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	1,006,601.37x
Sector	Materials
Sic	2840
Symbol	SCL
Website	https://www.stepan.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-1.18%
EV Sales Forward	1.35x
EV/EBIT	31.6x
EV/EBITDA	9.55x
EV/Sales	0.76x
Forward P/E	15.99x
P/B ratio	1.01x
P/S ratio	0.51x
PE Ratio10 Y	23.11x
PE Ratio3 Y	34.16x
PE Ratio5 Y	26.89x
PS Forward	0.92x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	2.4%
EBITDA Margin	7.93%
Gross margin	11.06%
Gross Profit	$259.3M
Gross Profit Growth	-6.53%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-14.06%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-12.83%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	-8.09%
Net Income	$-14.2M
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-0.82%
Profit Margin	-0.61%
Profit Per Employee	$-6,109
Profitable Years	33
ROA	1.49
Roa5y	3.43
ROCE	3.48
ROE	-1.19
Roe5y	7.6
ROIC	3.23
Roic5y	6.69

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	0.11%
Cagr15y	4.55%
Cagr1y	2.03%
Cagr20y	8.05%
Cagr3y	-14.9%
Cagr5y	-15.85%
Div CAGR10	7.67%
Div CAGR3	3.16%
Div CAGR5	5.7%
EPS Growth Years	0
Revenue Growth	5.46x
Revenue Growth Q	1.9x
Revenue Growth Quarters	5x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-5.19x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.66x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.99
Assets	$2.3B
Cash	$140.8M
Current Assets	$906.2M
Current Liabilities	$720.5M
Debt	$713.1M
Debt EBITDA	$3.27
Debt Equity	$0.6
Equity	$1.2B
Interest Coverage	2.07
Liabilities	$1.1B
Long Term Assets	$1.4B
Long Term Liabilities	$419.9M
Net Cash	$-572.3M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-47.6
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.08
Net Debt Equity	$0.48
Tangible Book Value	$1.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$46.81
WACC	7.05

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.26
Inventory Turnover	6.97
Net Working Capital	$382.6M
Quick ratio	0.8
Working Capital	$185.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$13.65

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.17%
Dividend Growth	2.61%
Dividend Growth Years	58%
Dividend per share	$1.58
Dividend Years	58
Dividend Yield	2.99%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-01
Last Dividend	$0.4
Payout Frequency	Quarterly

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	1.1%
1Y total return	2.03%
200-day SMA	49.86
3Y total return	-38.38%
50-day SMA	49.79
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-57.81%
All Time High	139.3
All Time High Change	-62%
All Time High Date	2021-05-10
All Time Low	0.36
All Time Low Change	14,578.31%
All Time Low Date	1970-07-08
ATR	1.78
Beta	0.95
Beta1y	0.67
Beta2y	1.06
Ch YTD	11.76
High	53.01
High52	68
High52 Date	2026-02-12
High52ch	-22.16%
Low	51.28
Low52	41.82
Low52 Date	2025-11-04
Low52ch	26.57%
Ma50ch	6.3%
Price vs 200-day SMA	6.15%
RSI	57.33
RSI Monthly	41.44
RSI Weekly	51.84
Sharpe ratio	0.14x
Sortino ratio	0.31
Total Return	3.16%
Tr YTD	12.64
Tr15y	94.9%
Tr1m	7.1%
Tr1w	2.6%
Tr3m	-14.96%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.35
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-58.33
Earnings Revenue Estimate	615,860,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	3.81x
Operating Income	$56.2M
Operating Income Growth	-28.29
Operating Income Growth Q	-44.82
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-30.25
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-19.51
Operating margin	2.4
Price target	$75
Price Target Change	$41.7

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	21,316,526%
Float Percent	93.85%
Shares Insiders	6.08%
Shares Institutions	85.83%
Shares Out	22,713,323
Shares Qo Q	-0.01%
Shares Yo Y	-0.17%
Short Float	1.76%
Short Ratio	2.3
Short Shares	1.65

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	156,112.35x
Bv Per Share	52.53
CAPEX	$-120.7M
Ch10y	-12.76
Ch15y	57.06
Ch1m	7.1
Ch1w	2.6
Ch1y	-1.1
Ch20y	239.5
Ch3m	-15.62
Ch3y	-42.47
Ch5y	-61.54
Ch6m	22.18
Change	1.98%
Change From Open	1.22
Close	51.9
Days Gap	0.75
Depreciation Amortization	128,281,250
Dollar Volume	5,472,856.1
Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$56.2M
EBITDA	$185.9M
EPS	$-0.62
F Score	6
Financing CF	-44,599,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,932
Income Tax	$-5M
Investing CF	-85,548,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-28
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2012-12-17
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-26
Ma150	49.88
Ma150ch	6.11%
Ma20	51.38
Ma20ch	3.02%
Net CF	33,283,000
Open	52.29
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	7.62
Payment Date	2026-06-15
Position In Range	95.38
Post Close	52.93
Postmarket Change Percent	0.15
Postmarket Price	$53.01
Ppne	1,148,164,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.47
Ptbv Ratio	1.13
Relative Volume	0.66x
Revenue	2,343,368,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.42x
Share Based Comp	9,833,000
Tax By Revenue	-0.21x
Tr20y	370.12%
Tr6m	24.22%
Us State	Illinois
Volume	103,398
Z Score	2.53

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

SCL dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.0%

$1.58 annual per share

Payout ratio

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Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+5.7%

58 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.2%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-01

Performance

SCL stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns SCL?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+85.8%

Float: +93.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+6.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

SCL momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

57.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+6.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.95

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.14

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

SCL vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
LIN	Linde plc	228B	32.7x	6.6x	12.2%	+4.5%	+11.2%	Verkopen
NEM	Newmont Corporation	124.4B	15.1x	5.0x	26.2%	+16.2%	+118.6%	Sterk kopen

Questions

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