SCLStepan Company
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Materials companies in USA (n = 71)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · percentile 5
- 12-month trend (ex last month)supports the score · percentile 77
- Change in cash flow / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · percentile 9
Red flags and notes
- Caution:Dividend outgrows earnings Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %.
- Caution:Payout above earnings Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/B
- 1,2
- P/S
- 0,6
- EV/EBIT
- 97,9
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 2,6 %
- Market cap (EUR)
- 1,3 G €
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- −0,2 %
- Return on invested capital
- 1,1 %
- Gross margin
- 11,8 %
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3,58
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2,54 %
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 5,3 %
- Years of dividend growth
- 24
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +0,2 %
- 1 month
- +1,7 %
- 1 year
- +36,4 %
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 37,4 %
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −32,8 %
- Beta
- 0,99
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
News and filings
- STEPAN CO: 8-K — Material agreement; new financial obligation
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 26 sept. 2026
- STEPAN CO: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 2026-06-30
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 août 2026
- STEPAN CO: 8-K — Results of operations; exit or disposal costs; director or officer change; other events
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 29 juill. 2026
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 2 → 1/10 | 1 · 1 | Caution:Dividend outgrows earnings | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 2/10 | 2 · 1 | Caution:Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro |
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