SCL

NYSE Stepan Co
Nov 3, 2026 · 12:45 PM ET DELAYED Market Open

$69.48 ↓ -0.82 (-1.17%) Trading Down from the previous close of $70.30, $2.08 below the day’s high of $71.56

YTD change
+46.71%
vs 20-day SMA
+8.51%
vs 200-day SMA
+21.94%

Price ranges

Previous day
$69.75 $72.67
open $70.49 close $70.30
-$0.19 (-0.27%)
Today
$69.24 $71.56
open $70.47 now $69.48
-$0.99 (-1.40%)
Past week
$64.71 $72.67
from $64.77 now $69.48
+$4.71 (+7.27%)
Past month
$59.19 $72.67
from $62.74 now $69.48
+$6.74 (+10.74%)
This year
$44.15 $72.67
from $47.36 now $69.48
+$22.12 (+46.71%)

Price & Performance

+19.51 (+38.41%) / 6M

$47.50$55.66$63.83$71.99May 4Aug 4Nov 2

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Very Good
  • The stock is 50.1% away from all-time highs of $139.30
  • SCL is up 47% since the beginning of the year
  • SCL is up 63% over the past 12 months
  • SCL is up 11% over the past 1 month
  • 3% of all SCL investors are betting against SCL
  • Number of investors short SCL has gone up 4% versus last month

SCL reads very good: price sits above both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +65.3%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $0.94
Earnings momentum -176.5% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -176.5%

Valuation

P/E ratio N/A
Enterprise value $2.0B
Beta 0.89

Balance sheet & scale

Income$4.3K
Revenue$2.5B
CashN/A
Debt$341.7K
Income / Debt 0.01×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Manufacturing
Sub Sector Chemical Manufacturing
Market cap $1.6B

Stepan Co. engages in the manufacture and sale of specialty and intermediate chemicals. It operates through the following segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment products are used in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection products, agricultural products, lubricating ingredients, oil field chemicals, and other applications. The Polymers segment deals mainly with rigid foam for thermal insulation in the construction industry, plastics, building materials, refrigeration systems, and CASE applications. The Specialty Products segment consists of chemicals used in food, flavoring, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceutical applications. The company was founded by Alfred C. Stepan Jr. in 1932 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

Competitor comparison

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SOMMY Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Unsponsored ADR $16.24 -9.44%

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