SCL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Stepan Company | NYSE:SCL)

Stepan Co manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into three segments based on product type. The surfactants segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells cleaning agents used in detergents, shampoos, body wash, fabric softeners, toothpastes, and other personal-care products. Surfactants are chemical agents that affect the interaction between two surfaces. The polymers segment sells polyurethane used to manufacture rigid foam for thermal insulation, as well as phthalic anhydride used to make plastic components for the construction, automotive, and boating industries. The specialty products segment sells chemicals used in food and flavoring. Majority of Stepan's revenue comes from the United States.

Stepan Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SCL.

As of May 3, 2024, SCL stock price climbed to $85.70 with 55,692 million shares trading.

SCL has a beta of 0.72, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SCL has a correlation of 0.07 to the broad based SPY ETF.

SCL has a market cap of $1.93 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Stepan Company reported $551 million in Revenue and $.64 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-24 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.29.

In the last 3 years, SCL stock traded as high as $139.30 and as low as $63.60.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that SCL belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, FVD, VB, IWM.

SCL has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -3.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +26.1%. In the last 3 month period, SCL fell short of the market, returning -5.5%, while SPY returned +3.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks SCL has outperformed the stock market by returning +4.4%, while SPY returned +2.4%.

SCL support price is $83.97 and resistance is $87.19 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SCL stock will trade within this expected range on the day.