SCL NYSE Week ended 07 Aug 2026

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Stepan Company · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

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Latest close 65.15 USD
1.6% latest week
Weekly setup

Constructive, but selective

The weekly trend is active. Price is 19.9% above the Trend Line and sits at 93.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.6%, after a 15.2% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is volatility with 52/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 58/100. Near-term considerations: price is close to its 52-week high.

Setup score 72 out of 100
Latest Close 65.15 USD 7 Aug 2026
1W Return 1.6% latest completed week
4W Return 15.2% short-term follow-through
12W Return 33.4% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 46.2% 24 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 1.2x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 18-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
What could go wrong
  • No major top-level risk cluster is currently dominant.
What to watch next
  • Price is close to its 52-week high; watch for continuation or exhaustion.
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through 1.6% Latest completed week; four-week move 15.2%. Indicator stack 70/70 Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window. Trend backdrop Active The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime. Patient Capital Quiet Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing. Options pressure Volatility 52/100 conviction; expected move 20.0%. News sentiment 58/100 49 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is 19.9% above the Trend Line and sits at 93.0% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned 1.6%, after a 15.2% four-week move.

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52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 1.2x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul 7 Aug
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.7712-week average 0.58

12-week confirmation

Trend active12/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership7/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.77Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is 15.2% over four weeks, 33.4% over 12 weeks, and 37.5% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 18 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W1.6%
4W15.2%
12W33.4%
26W5.5%
52W37.5%
Active trend streak18 weeks
Active weeks in one year24
Trend breadth46.2%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.06Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change18.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership14.32Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change790.9%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks weakly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

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Factor week 09 Aug 2026 Financial statements through 30 Jun 2026 Field coverage 85% Model confidence 85%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength70/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 31; rank 1 is best.
Value73/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 28; rank 1 is best.
Quality11/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 90; rank 1 is best.
Momentum81/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 20; rank 1 is best.
Growth14/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 87; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Value-quality framework17/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
-
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
0.6x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
9.1x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
1.8%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
11.8%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
3.3%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
1.5%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
3.4%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
-
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
2.4%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
-0.0%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
2.4%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.5x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningVolatility

SCL shows volatility options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.16, expected move of 20.0%, and Sharemaestro trend signal active.

Conviction52/100
Expected move20.0%
Put/call volume0.16
Pressure81
Speculation14
Volatility96
Trend agreement21
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Insider activity9 / 4

9 acquisitions and 4 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.
News sentiment58/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 49 relevant articles.

19 positive · 28 neutral · 2 negative
Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move20.0%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-2.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility4.4%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher15 of 2611 weeks finished lower.
Best week+11.4%Week of 31 Jul.
Worst week-24.3%Week of 27 Feb.
Latest week+1.6%Week of 7 Aug.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains6
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses7
Sharp losses4
Recent vol4.4%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol5.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split30/22Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew3.9% / -3.5%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

Weekly tape68/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 68/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis73/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 12/12, activity pressure 8/12, relative leadership 7/12.

Activity pressure 0.77; No reversal markers Factors57/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 69; Small Cap Core rank 21 SVQF17/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 845.5 of 1018 Patient CapitalQuiet

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

No recent buy signal Options41/100

SCL shows volatility options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.16, expected move of 20.0%, and Sharemaestro trend signal active.

Volatility · Volatility expansion watch · Expected move 20.0% Sentiment58/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 49 relevant articles.

How Stepan Company (SCL) Affects Rotational Strategy Timing Insiders9 / 4

9 acquisitions and 4 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

 Earnings50/100

No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
7 Aug 202665.15 USD1.6%54.32 USD63.72 USD1.0614.32858.8KOn
31 Jul 202664.14 USD11.4%53.83 USD63.85 USD0.9716.771.2MOn
24 Jul 202657.57 USD-1.8%53.24 USD64.00 USD0.816.17596.7KOn
17 Jul 202658.63 USD3.6%52.86 USD64.19 USD0.957.21636.2KOn
10 Jul 202656.57 USD-0.3%52.47 USD64.39 USD0.901.61663.8KOn
3 Jul 202656.75 USD1.9%52.16 USD64.58 USD0.932.85469.5KOn
26 Jun 202655.71 USD3.3%51.75 USD64.76 USD0.742.701.2MOn
19 Jun 202653.94 USD-1.0%51.38 USD64.97 USD0.27-3.22643.2KOn
12 Jun 202654.48 USD6.2%51.02 USD65.17 USD-0.05-1.76926.7KOn
5 Jun 202651.28 USD-2.2%50.64 USD65.40 USD-0.46-7.38452.5KOn
29 May 202652.46 USD1.5%50.34 USD65.66 USD-0.57-8.10386.3KOn
22 May 202651.68 USD5.9%50.00 USD65.90 USD-0.43-8.62583.8KOn
15 May 202648.82 USD-7.1%49.78 USD66.13 USD-0.43-13.41604.5KOn
8 May 202652.54 USD2.6%49.64 USD66.36 USD-0.37-7.23656.6KOn
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.

Evidence context