Stepan Company (SCL): Price and Financial Metrics

SCL POWR Grades

• SCL scores best on the Value dimension, with a Value rank ahead of 79.61% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SCL is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• SCL's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 27.09% of US stocks).

SCL Stock Summary

• STEPAN CO's stock had its IPO on March 17, 1992, making it an older stock than 82.63% of US equities in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 51.74%, STEPAN CO's debt growth rate surpasses 82.1% of about US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, SCL is more volatile than just 6.68% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to STEPAN CO, a group of peers worth examining would be APPN, CTSO, SONM, OSTK, and DIOD.
• Visit SCL's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.stepan.com.

SCL Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, SCL's price/sales ratio is 52.94% lower, now standing at 0.8.
• Over the past 243 months, SCL's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SCL.

SCL Growth Metrics

Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 1.73%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -12.4%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -25.23%.

SCL's revenue has moved up $663,656,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows SCL's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	2,756.121	125.66	153.314
2022-06-30	2,639.624	85.592	150.85
2022-03-31	2,483.502	62.903	142.002
2021-12-31	2,345.966	72.135	137.804
2021-09-30	2,230.673	114.94	151.159
2021-06-30	2,092.465	201.411	147.407

SCL's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SCL has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 50.73% of graded US stocks.
• SCL's asset turnover comes in at 1.181 -- ranking 15th of 50 Consumer Goods stocks.
• CL, LZB, and LEG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SCL.

The table below shows SCL's key quality metrics over time.