Headquartered in Northbrook, IL Fiscal year ends December NYSE: SCL stepan.com
Stepan Company is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries. The company is a merchant producer of surfactants, which are key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection compounds and in agricultural and oilfield solutions. Stepan is also a supplier of polyurethane polyols used in the thermal insulation market and CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers) industries. The company operates through three segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products, including medium chain triglycerides. Stepan operates a network of production facilities in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Its common stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol SCL. Updated
Stepan's second straight large beat confirms the turnaround is real: Surfactants adjusted EBITDA rose 27% year over year. Management also raised the dividend while guiding to full-year EBITDA growth and further debt paydown.
Three NYSE specialty companies raised their dividends within days of each other, and none of them made the usual headlines. One covers its payout nearly six times over with free cash flow,…
A company most investors have never heard of just extended one of the longest dividend growth streaks in market history, and it does it by making an ingredient found in almost every…
Chris Lange Dividend King stocks are surprisingly cheap across the board because most investors are still heavily leaning on growth stocks. Stocks like Stepan Co (NYSE:SCL), Marzetti (NASDAQ:MZTI), and American States Water (NYSE:AWR) can…
Stepan Company is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries. The company is a merchant producer of surfactants, which are key ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection compounds and in agricultural and oilfield solutions.
The Wall Street consensus 12-month price target for SCL is $85.00.
