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Stepan Co

SCL

43.350USD

+0.430+1.00%

Close 10/31, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

980.42MMarket Cap

21.67P/E TTM

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Stepan Co

43.350

+0.430+1.00%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Stepan Co

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Stepan Co's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

38 / 70

Overall Ranking

197 / 4618

Industry

Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 1 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

85.000

Target Price

+56.57%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Stepan Co Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Stepan Company is a producer and seller of specialty and intermediate chemicals that are used in a variety of end products. The Company operates through three segments: Surfactants, Polymers and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment offers ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection products, such as detergents for washing clothes, dishes, carpets, floors and walls, as well as shampoos and body washes. Other applications include fabric softeners, germicidal quaternary compounds, disinfectants, lubricating ingredients, emulsifiers for spreading agricultural products and industrial applications. The Polymers segment includes polyurethane polyols, polyester resins and phthalic anhydride. Polyurethane polyols are used in the manufacture of rigid foam for thermal insulation in the construction industry. The Specialty products segment includes flavors, emulsifiers and solubilizers used in food, flavoring, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical applications.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 67.40%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 67.40%.

Undervalued

The company’s latest PB is 0.79, at a low 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 19.39M shares, decreasing 2.57% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Joel Greenblatt

Star Investor Joel Greenblatt holds 168.85K shares of this stock.

Higher Market Activity

The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 0.56.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 6.90, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 594.69M, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.88%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 19.12%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.90

Change

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Financials

6.70

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

7.78

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

6.81

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

7.29

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

5.94

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Stepan Co's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 8.38, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is 21.91, which is 178.58% below the recent high of 61.05 and 33.09% above the recent low of 14.66.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.38

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 38/70

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.00, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.26. The average price target for Stepan Co is 85.00, with a high of 85.00 and a low of 85.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.00

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 1 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

85.000

Target Price

+56.57%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Stepan Co

SCL

Albemarle Corp

ALB

Ecolab Inc

ECL

Eastman Chemical Co

EMN

Celanese Corp

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

SQM

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.52, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.68. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 48.01 and the support level at 40.34, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.20

Change

0.32

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(4)

Neutral(2)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.525

Sell

RSI(14)

32.185

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

19.632

Neutral

ATR(14)

1.288

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-179.019

Sell

Williams %R

77.630

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

-0.332

Sell

StochRSI(14)

37.171

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(6)

Neutral(0)

Buy(0)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

44.016

Sell

MA10

44.950

Sell

MA20

46.167

Sell

MA50

47.830

Sell

MA100

51.028

Sell

MA200

53.812

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.91. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 85.73%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 6.18%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.58M shares, representing 11.40% of shares outstanding, with 0.47% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

2.93M

-2.53%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

2.58M

+0.62%

Hightower Advisors, LLC

1.51M

-0.23%

Westwood Management Corp. (Texas)

1.34M

+6.70%

Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.

1.25M

-1.98%

State Street Investment Management (US)

917.27K

-1.80%

Stepan (Frank Quinn Jr.)

873.85K

+0.89%

First Trust Advisors L.P.

739.44K

-1.81%

DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.

684.76K

+8.47%

American Century Investment Management, Inc.

540.95K

+9.48%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 6.53, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 5.83. The company's beta value is 0.98. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.