Stepan Co [SCL] stock is trading at $59.25, up 0.75%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SCL shares have gain 7.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.84%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Stepan Co [NYSE: SCL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 19, 2023, when CL King upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $89 for it. Previously, Seaport Global Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 11, 2021. On April 02, 2020, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $101 on the stock. CL King started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating. Stifel initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $94 as its price target on December 11, 2018. Wellington Shields downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 27, 2017. In a note dated May 03, 2016, Seaport Global Securities downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $61 to $63.
Stepan Co [SCL] stock has fluctuated between $44.23 and $94.76 over the past year. Stepan Co [NYSE: SCL] shares were valued at $59.25 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the SCL fundamentals
Stepan Co [NYSE:SCL] reported sales of 2.22B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.59%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.12% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.04%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.55.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 58.72 points at the first support level, and at 58.18 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.68, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 60.10.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Stepan Co’s Current Ratio is 1.21. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.79, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 1.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lewis Susan, Director, that happened on Feb 25 ’25 when 500.0 shares were purchased. Former Officer, Behrens Scott R. completed a deal on Nov 25 ’24 to buy 1266.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former Director Behrens Scott R. bought 1250.0 shares on Nov 13 ’24.
