Company insider dossier

Stepan Company insider intelligence

SCL filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.

71/100

Conviction accumulation

61/100 confidence
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Latest evidence
11 May 2026

Investment committee read

Conviction accumulation

Priced common-share acquisitions carry more weighted evidence than disposals after freshness, role, size, and duplicate controls.

Research constructive setups

Evidence in favour

  • 3 distinct acquisition events survive duplicate and security-type controls.
  • Participation spans 9 named insiders rather than one filing source.

Decision risks

  • The latest qualifying filing is more than 30 days old.
Conviction71Conviction accumulation
Confidence61Developing
Named insiders9participating in the tape
Controlled events5directional common-share events
Acquisition value$977.4Knormalized amount
Disposal value$10.8Knormalized amount

Price confirmation map

Weekly price with common-share events

Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.

66.2160.2354.2548.2742.30 Acquisition · 11 May 2026 · $4.7KDisposal · 11 May 2026 · $2.6KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 8 May 2026 · $135.0KAcquisition · 1 May 2026 · $27.7KDisposal · 1 May 2026 · $8.2K
Feb 2025Aug 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal

Market confirmation

Price and trend context

Latest close
65.15 USD
One-week move
+1.6%
Four-week move
+15.2%
Fair-value gap
+2.2%
Trend signal
Active
Relative strength
14.3

Directional balance

Controlled event mix

60.0%acquisition
Acquisition events
3
Disposal events
2
Net value
$966.6K

Cadence

Twelve-week filing pressure

Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.

025 May
001 Jun
008 Jun
015 Jun
022 Jun
029 Jun
006 Jul
013 Jul
020 Jul
027 Jul
003 Aug
010 Aug

Named participants

Insider conviction by person

BURGESS, LORINDADirector721 events
DEARTH, RANDALL S.Director721 events
DELGADO, JOAQUINDirector721 events
LEWIS, SUSANDirector721 events
PAINTER, CORNING F.Director721 events
REED, JAN STERNDirector721 events
STEPAN, F QUINN JRDirector721 events
HAIRE, ROBERT JOSEPHEVP, Supply Chain622 events
WEITKAMP, ROBIN JOSEPHVP and GM Surfactants-INT612 events

Evidence quality

Security and transaction context

Common equity11
Equity compensation2
Options and derivatives0
Other securities0

Role architecture

Who is participating

Director7
Other or unspecified6

Transaction evidence

Auditable SCL filing ledger

Showing 1 to 13 of 13.

WEITKAMP, ROBIN JOSEPHVP and GM Surfactants-INT
DisposalEquity compensation
90 sharesRestricted Stock Units
Not reportedContext evidence
WEITKAMP, ROBIN JOSEPHVP and GM Surfactants-INT
AcquisitionCommon equity
90 sharesCommon Stock
$4.7KDirectional evidence
WEITKAMP, ROBIN JOSEPHVP and GM Surfactants-INT
DisposalCommon equity
50 sharesCommon Stock
$2.6KDirectional evidence
BURGESS, LORINDADirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
DEARTH, RANDALL S.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
DELGADO, JOAQUINDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
LEWIS, SUSANDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
PAINTER, CORNING F.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
REED, JAN STERNDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
STEPAN, F QUINN JRDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
2566 sharesCommon Stock
$135.0KDirectional evidence
HAIRE, ROBERT JOSEPHEVP, Supply Chain
DisposalEquity compensation
550 sharesRestricted Stock Units
Not reportedContext evidence
HAIRE, ROBERT JOSEPHEVP, Supply Chain
AcquisitionCommon equity
550 sharesCommon Stock
$27.7KDirectional evidence
HAIRE, ROBERT JOSEPHEVP, Supply Chain
DisposalCommon equity
162 sharesCommon Stock
$8.2KDirectional evidence

Reading the dossier

Direction and confidence are separate

Conviction

The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.

Confidence

Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.

Disposals

Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.

Price confirmation

The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.

Independent market research for education. This classification is not investment advice, a recommendation, a forecast, or an execution instruction.

Evidence context