Stepan (SCL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stepan Company is a global manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals. Founded in 1932, the company develops and produces materials used by businesses across a range of consumer and industrial markets.

Its products include surfactants used in cleaning, personal care, agricultural and other applications, as well as polymer products such as polyols used in insulation, coatings and related markets. Stepan also makes specialty chemicals for applications including oilfield services and emulsion polymerization.

Stepan serves customers in markets around the world, with manufacturing and commercial operations across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.59 to $66.79
• 50-Day Range: $60.89 to $70.50
• 52-Week Range: $42.14 to $72.67
• Volume: 45,024 shs
• Average Volume: 159,404 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 346.66
• Dividend Yield: 2.40%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Stepan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stepan scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 164th out of 227 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Stepan has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stepan has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 29.20%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stepan are expected to grow by 29.20% in the coming year, from $2.74 to $3.54 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stepan is 345.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stepan is 345.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stepan has a P/B Ratio of 1.22. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.21% of the float of Stepan has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stepan has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.63, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stepan has recently decreased by 1.29%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Stepan pays a meaningful dividend of 2.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stepan has been increasing its dividend for 57 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stepan is 831.58%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stepan will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.63% next year. This indicates that Stepan will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

Stepan has a news sentiment score of 0.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Stepan this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added Stepan to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stepan insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.60% of the stock of Stepan is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.70% of the stock of Stepan is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/28/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• 18th Annual Southwest IDEAS Conference: 11/19/2026
• Record date for 12/15 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend: 12/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SCL
• CIK: 94049
• Web: www.stepan.com
• Phone: (847) 446-7500
• Fax: 847-501-2100
• Employees: 2,328
• Year Founded: 1932

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.19
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 345.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.54
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $46.90 million
• Net Margins: 0.17%
• Pretax Margin: 0.11%
• Return on Equity: 4.81%
• Return on Assets: 2.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.28
• Current Ratio: 1.32
• Quick Ratio: 0.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.33 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.64
• Cash Flow: $7.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.89
• Book Value: $53.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 22,740,000
• Free Float: 21,234,000
• Market Cap: $1.49 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.91