SCL — STEPAN CO
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on SCL
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-24 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-11 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | Velasquez Ruben Dario SVP & Chief Financial Officer | Option exercise | 1.4K | 64.67 | 87.8K |
| 2026-08-10 | Velasquez Ruben Dario SVP & Chief Financial Officer | Shares withheld for tax | 398 | 64.67 | 25.7K |
| 2026-05-11 | Weitkamp Robin Joseph VP and GM Surfactants-INT | Option exercise | 90 | 52.58 | 4.7K |
| 2026-05-11 | Weitkamp Robin Joseph VP and GM Surfactants-INT | Shares withheld for tax | 50 | 52.58 | 2.6K |
| 2026-05-08 | Lewis Susan Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
| 2026-05-08 | Painter Corning F. Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
| 2026-05-08 | Delgado Joaquin Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
| 2026-05-08 | STEPAN F QUINN JR Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
| 2026-05-08 | REED JAN STERN Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
| 2026-05-08 | Dearth Randall S. Director | Grant or award | 2.6K | 52.61 | 135.0K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 165.5M | 3.3M |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 79.5M | 1.6M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 67.9M | 1.4M |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 55.8M | 1.1M |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC | 47.4M | 947.5K |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 47.1M | 942.0K |
| STATE STREET CORP | 45.1M | 902.7K |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 36.6M | 732.1K |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 26.5M | 529.6K |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 23.2M | 464.5K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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