Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$53.94
+0.28% today
1Y Change
-0.57%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Stepan Company (SCL) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $1.17B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $53.94 and down 0.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +7.0%, EPS growth of -7.2%, a dividend yield of 3.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +7.0%, EPS -7.2%, free cash flow -35.4% with operating margin 2.4% and ROIC 2.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines SCL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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SCL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
SCL Max Drawdown
-33.30%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for SCL and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
3.02%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.18
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.40 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | Jun 13, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Mar 3, 2025 | Mar 14, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Sep 13, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Jun 14, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 15, 2023 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | Jun 15, 2023 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Mar 3, 2023 | Mar 15, 2023 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Nov 30, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2022 | May 31, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Mar 4, 2022 | Mar 15, 2022 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Nov 30, 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | $0.34 | $0.34 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 | Sep 15, 2021 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| May 27, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Jun 15, 2021 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | Mar 15, 2021 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 30, 2020 | Dec 15, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| May 28, 2020 | May 29, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Mar 4, 2020 | Mar 5, 2020 | Mar 13, 2020 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Nov 27, 2019 | Nov 29, 2019 | Dec 13, 2019 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Sep 13, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | Jun 14, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Mar 4, 2019 | Mar 15, 2019 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 14, 2018 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2018 | May 31, 2018 | Jun 15, 2018 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Mar 5, 2018 | Mar 15, 2018 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2017 | May 31, 2017 | Jun 15, 2017 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Nov 28, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Aug 31, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| May 26, 2016 | May 31, 2016 | Jun 15, 2016 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
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