Stepan Co [SCL] stock is trading at $47.36, down -0.02%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The SCL shares have gain 1.72% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.83%, 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 $41.82 and $65.90 over the past year. Stepan Co [NYSE: SCL] shares were valued at $47.36 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the SCL fundamentals
Stepan Co [NYSE:SCL] reported sales of 2.30B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.94%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.12% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.29.
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 46.98 points at the first support level, and at 46.61 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 47.63, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 47.91.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Stepan Co’s Current Ratio is 1.30. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.84, and the Cash Ratio is 0.17. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.46, the price to book ratio is 0.86 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved STEPAN F QUINN JR, Director, that happened on Aug 04 ’25 when 6300.0 shares were sold. Director, STEPAN F QUINN JR completed a deal on Aug 05 ’25 to sell 3700.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director STEPAN F QUINN JR bought 10000.0 shares on Aug 04 ’25.
