Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$169.23
-0.03% today
1Y Change
+4.56%
Window
Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Balchem Corporation (BCPC) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $5.16B. The stock last traded around $169.23 and up 4.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 27, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.8%, EPS growth of +20.9%, a dividend yield of 0.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.8%, EPS +20.9%, free cash flow +18.3% with operating margin 21.0% and ROIC 11.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.6%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.9 and price/sales 4.9. Stock Foundry combines BCPC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
BCPC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
BCPC Max Drawdown
-15.03%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BCPC and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
0.60%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.96
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | Jan 20, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.96 | Annual |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | Jan 17, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.87 | Annual |
| Dec 26, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 19, 2024 | $0.79 | $0.79 | Annual |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | Jan 20, 2023 | $0.71 | $0.71 | Annual |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 | Jan 21, 2022 | $0.64 | $0.64 | Annual |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | Jan 22, 2021 | $0.58 | $0.58 | Annual |
| Dec 27, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 17, 2020 | $0.52 | $0.52 | Annual |
| Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 26, 2018 | Jan 18, 2019 | $0.47 | $0.47 | Annual |
| Dec 26, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 | Jan 19, 2018 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Annual |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Dec 27, 2016 | Jan 20, 2017 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Annual |
| Dec 23, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 | Jan 21, 2016 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Annual |
| Dec 24, 2014 | Dec 29, 2014 | Jan 27, 2015 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Annual |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Dec 23, 2013 | Jan 21, 2014 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Annual |
| Dec 12, 2012 | Dec 14, 2012 | Dec 21, 2012 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Annual |
| Dec 12, 2011 | Dec 14, 2011 | Jan 16, 2012 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Annual |
| Dec 17, 2010 | Dec 21, 2010 | Jan 20, 2011 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Annual |
| Dec 28, 2009 | Dec 30, 2009 | Jan 20, 2010 | $0.11 | $0.07 | Annual |
| Dec 18, 2008 | Dec 22, 2008 | Jan 20, 2009 | $0.11 | $0.07 | Annual |
| Dec 18, 2007 | Dec 20, 2007 | Jan 18, 2008 | $0.11 | $0.07 | Annual |
| Dec 27, 2006 | Dec 29, 2006 | Jan 19, 2007 | $0.09 | $0.04 | Annual |
| Dec 28, 2005 | Dec 30, 2005 | Jan 20, 2006 | $0.09 | $0.03 | Annual |
| Dec 28, 2004 | Dec 30, 2004 | Jan 20, 2005 | $0.09 | $0.02 | Annual |
| Dec 24, 2003 | Dec 29, 2003 | Jan 16, 2004 | $0.08 | $0.02 | Annual |
| Dec 23, 2002 | Dec 26, 2002 | Jan 13, 2003 | $0.08 | $0.02 | Annual |
| Dec 21, 2001 | Dec 26, 2001 | Jan 11, 2002 | $0.07 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 21, 2000 | Dec 26, 2000 | Jan 15, 2001 | $0.06 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 22, 1999 | Dec 27, 1999 | Jan 14, 2000 | $0.05 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 22, 1998 | Dec 24, 1998 | Jan 15, 1999 | $0.03 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 23, 1997 | Dec 26, 1997 | Jan 16, 1998 | $0.05 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 24, 1996 | Dec 27, 1996 | Jan 17, 1997 | $0.04 | $0.01 | Annual |
| Dec 22, 1995 | Dec 27, 1995 | Jan 19, 1996 | $0.04 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Dec 21, 1994 | Dec 28, 1994 | Jan 20, 1995 | $0.03 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Dec 6, 1993 | Dec 10, 1993 | Jan 3, 1994 | $0.03 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Dec 7, 1992 | Dec 11, 1992 | Dec 31, 1992 | $0.03 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Nov 29, 1991 | Dec 5, 1991 | Dec 27, 1991 | $0.04 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Nov 27, 1990 | — | — | $0.04 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Dec 11, 1989 | Dec 15, 1989 | Dec 29, 1989 | $0.03 | $0.00 | Annual |
| Nov 17, 1988 | Nov 23, 1988 | Dec 22, 1988 | $0.03 | $0.00 | Annual |
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