Stepan Co (NYSE: SCL) has recently experienced significant negative changes in fundamentals: significant quarterly sales deceleration occurred, the consensus estimate for December, 2024 decreased significantly, and the consensus estimate for December, 2025 decreased significantly.
Stepan Co (NYSE: SCL) suffers from meaningful negative changes in investment behavior: its longer term price trend turned down.
In light of these highly negative signals we are reviewing our current Overall Rating of D. We would continue to view the shares with caution pending completion of this review in the next several days.
Current PriceTarget Research Rating
SCL is expected to continue to be a Value Builder reflecting capital returns that are forecasted to exceed the cost of capital.
Stepan has a current Value Trend Rating of D (Negative). This rating combines highly consistent signals from two proprietary PTR measures of a stock’s attractiveness. Stepan has a slightly negative Power Rating of 35 and a slightly negative Appreciation Score of 34, triggering the Negative Value Trend Rating.
Recent Price Action
Stepan Co (NYSE: SCL) stock closed at $90.00 on 2/26/24 after a modest decline of -1.1%. However, unusually low trading volume at 50% of normal accompanied the decline. The stock has declined -3.6% during the last week and has performed in line with the market over the last nine months.
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