Stepan Company SCL

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · valued as of 2026-11-02 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$730.85M
Market Cap
$1.46B
Margin of Safety
-100.3%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.50

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

431.33M USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

547.97M USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

1.21B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

730.85M USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

730.85M USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

1.46B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.50×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -100.3% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 431.33M USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)1.01B USD
−②Net Debt Today579.26M USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value431.33M USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

1.01B USD

Net debt today

-579.26M USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

431.33M USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

1.01B USD

②Net Debt Today

579.26M USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap1.46B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-239.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 547.97M USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE234.04M USD
+②Equity at Year 15, Today313.93M USD
=Value547.97M USD
FCFE: the net income left for the shareholders once the business keeps what next year's growth needsEquity reinvestment: the part of the year's net income kept in the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releases to the shareholdersPresent value of the FCFEColoured bars show the FCFE, grey bars the equity reinvestment. With a positive equity reinvestment the two stacked are the year's normalized income; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the normalized income is the FCFE plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROE on new investment rising to the cost of equity. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

234.04M USD

②Equity at Year 15, Today

313.93M USD

Market value

Market Cap1.46B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-167.1%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 1.21B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).

The projection was not made (an FCFF at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 1.21B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

Not in the value

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

③Net Debt Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap1.46B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-20.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 7.86%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta 0.95×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 10.18%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 13.02M USDPretax Income 59.96M USD= 21.72%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 86.22M USD−Pretax Income 59.96M USD= 26.26M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 26.26M USDTotal Debt 693.07M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 21.72%)= 2.97%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 693.07M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 1.46B USD + 693.07M USD= 32.14%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 67.86%×Cost of Equity 10.18%+Debt Weight 32.14%×Cost of Debt 2.97%= 7.86%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 2.40B USD − Total Liabilities 1.18B USD = Book Value Today 1.21B USD

Total Debt 693.07M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 113.82M USD = Net Debt Today 579.26M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 11.6%at most 5%passes22,732,493 / 22,377,780
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets4.2%at least -10.0%passes(148.03M USD − 46.94M USD) ÷ 2.40B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today1.21×at most 3×passes1.46B USD ÷ 1.21B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue3.0%above 10.0%does not pass69.45M USD ÷ 2.33B USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 17.0%above 10.0%does not pass2.33B USD / 2.18B USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-39.6%above -30%does not pass(113.82M USD − 693.07M USD) ÷ 1.46B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit25.7%above 25.0%passes69.45M USD ÷ 270.16M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

64 USD

Enterprise value

2.06B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

9.81×

Price / book

1.21×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

—

Return on equity

-0.2%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

-0.1%

Revenue growth

15.0%

Analyst target, mean

85 USD

Analysts

1

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

2.78B2.33B2.18B2.33B

Gross profit

427.50M277.88M272.49M270.16M

Operating income

208.62M73.08M70.90M69.45M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

294.54M169.84M192.29M212.39M

Pretax income

188.89M48.44M60.50M59.96M

Net income

147.30M40.24M50.42M46.94M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

155.57M50.67M47.77M37.00M

R&D

66.70M59.10M55.73M59.34M
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

2.44B2.37B2.31B2.36B

Total liabilities

1.27B1.15B1.14B1.11B

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

1.17B1.22B1.17B1.25B

Total debt

638.34M712.88M683.51M676.73M

Cash and equivalents

173.92M129.95M99.76M132.82M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

1.14B1.28B1.27B1.28B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

374.53M244.26M141.54M192.66M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

160.92M175.05M162.22M148.03M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-301.85M-260.60M-122.90M-122.64M

Depreciation and amortisation

94.74M105.44M112.31M126.17M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

-140.93M-85.54M39.32M25.39M