Stepan (SCL) Competitors

In the previous week, Atlantic Union Bankshares had 2 more articles in the media than Stepan. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares and 1 mentions for Stepan. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Stepan's score of 0.67 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Atlantic Union Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stepan. Stepan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Stepan pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Stepan pays out -254.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stepan has increased its dividend for 57 consecutive years and Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Stepan has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the broader market.

82.7% of Stepan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Stepan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Stepan's net margin of -0.61%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 8.50% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Atlantic Union Bankshares has a consensus price target of $43.63, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Atlantic Union Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Stepan.

First Financial Bancorp. has a net margin of 20.92% compared to Stepan's net margin of -0.61%. First Financial Bancorp.'s return on equity of 11.09% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Stepan has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, First Financial Bancorp. has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the broader market.

Stepan pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Financial Bancorp. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Stepan pays out -254.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Financial Bancorp. pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stepan has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years and First Financial Bancorp. has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

First Financial Bancorp. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stepan. Stepan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Bancorp., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

82.7% of Stepan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Stepan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Financial Bancorp. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Financial Bancorp. has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Given First Financial Bancorp.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Financial Bancorp. is more favorable than Stepan.

In the previous week, First Financial Bancorp. had 3 more articles in the media than Stepan. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Financial Bancorp. and 1 mentions for Stepan. Stepan's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat First Financial Bancorp.'s score of 0.45 indicating that Stepan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

In the previous week, Innospec and Innospec both had 1 articles in the media. Stepan's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Innospec's score of 0.00 indicating that Stepan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Innospec has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Stepan has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the broader market.

96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Stepan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Innospec shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Stepan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Innospec has a net margin of 6.38% compared to Stepan's net margin of -0.61%. Innospec's return on equity of 9.32% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Innospec has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stepan. Stepan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innospec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Innospec pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Stepan pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Innospec pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stepan pays out -254.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Innospec has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Stepan has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years. Stepan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

United Bankshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stepan. Stepan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Stepan had 1 more articles in the media than United Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Stepan and 0 mentions for United Bankshares. Stepan's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat United Bankshares' score of 0.50 indicating that Stepan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Stepan has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, United Bankshares has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the broader market.

United Bankshares has a consensus target price of $45.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.00%. Given United Bankshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Bankshares is more favorable than Stepan.

82.7% of Stepan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of United Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Stepan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of United Bankshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

United Bankshares has a net margin of 27.45% compared to Stepan's net margin of -0.61%. United Bankshares' return on equity of 9.26% beat Stepan's return on equity.

Stepan pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. United Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Stepan pays out -254.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Bankshares pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Stepan has increased its dividend for 57 consecutive years and United Bankshares has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.