Stepan Company (96S) Stock Price & Analysis
96S Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 61.50 - EUR 61.50
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 36.40 - EUR 61.50
- Previous Close
- EUR 60.50
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 10
- Market Cap
- EUR 1.41B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 1.78B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 113.70M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 707.35M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 366.4
- Beta
- 0.75
- Next Earnings
- Feb 18, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.3
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.22%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Broad-based Volume Growth
Growth across all three segments indicates improving demand is not dependent on a single product line. Stronger volumes, especially in surfactants and North American polymers, can support better asset utilization, customer retention, and more durable earnings recovery over the next several quarters.
Project Catalyst Savings
Savings ahead of plan provide a tangible path to offset the company’s elevated fixed-cost base and rebuild margins. If execution continues, the program should improve operating leverage, strengthen competitiveness, and support cash generation beyond the immediate restructuring period.
Manageable Leverage
Improving leverage and debt reduction increase financial flexibility while the business works through margin pressure and restructuring. A stronger balance sheet gives Stepan more capacity to fund operations, absorb volatility, and preserve strategic options without relying excessively on new borrowing.
Bears Say
Margin And Earnings Deterioration
The sharp decline in profitability shows that revenue growth has not yet translated consistently into earnings power. Persistently lower margins could constrain reinvestment and shareholder returns, while the slightly negative TTM net income makes the recovery dependent on successful pricing, mix, and cost actions.
Volatile Free Cash Flow
Positive operating cash flow is being offset by capital spending and working-capital variability, leaving free cash flow unreliable. Continued volatility could limit internally funded debt reduction, dividends, and growth investment, particularly if weaker earnings or higher inventories persist.
Restructuring Burden
The restructuring program may improve the cost base over time, but its sizable charges and cash payments weigh on reported earnings and near-term liquidity. Site closures, asset decommissioning, and workforce reductions also create execution demands before the targeted savings can fully support profitability.
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Company Description
Stepan Company
Stepan Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells specialty and intermediate chemicals to other manufacturers for use in various end products in the United States, France, Poland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment offers surfactants that are used in consumer and industrial cleaning and disinfection products, including detergents for washing clothes, dishes, carpets, and floors and walls, as well as shampoos and body washes; and other applications, such as fabric softeners, germicidal quaternary compounds, disinfectants, lubricating ingredients; emulsifiers for spreading agricultural products; and industrial applications comprising latex systems, plastics, and composites. The Polymers segment provides polyurethane polyols that are used in the manufacture of rigid foam for thermal insulation in the construction industry, as well as a base raw material for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE); polyester resins used in coating applications; specialty polyols, such as CASE and powdered polyester resins; and phthalic anhydride that is used in unsaturated polyester resins, alkyd resins, and plasticizers for applications in construction materials, as well as components of automotive, boating, and other consumer products. The Specialty Products segment offers flavors, emulsifiers, and solubilizers for use in food, flavoring, nutritional supplement, and pharmaceutical applications. Stepan Company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- CEO
- Luis E. Rojo
- Employees
- 2,328
- Website
- www.stepan.com
- Address
- 1101 Skokie Boulevard, Northbrook, IL, 60062, US
Stepan Company (96S) Earnings & Revenues
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96S Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Highlights significantly outweighed the challenges, with broad-based volume and earnings growth, higher margins, savings ahead of plan, improved leverage, positive free cash flow, customer expansion, and a positive full-year outlook. The main negatives were raw material and geopolitical volatility, working capital usage, restructuring and maintenance costs, weaker European and Asian demand, lower crop productivity demand, and expected moderation in fourth-quarter volume growth.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |