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1.7 (1y: -22%)
Market Cap 8.7 M P/E(ttm)
Enterprise Value P/B
SPCO- OTCPK (USA)
Stephan Company
Not Rated
Top Ranked Predictable Companies
$1.70
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

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1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

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EV-to-EBIT 58.8
SPCO's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
80% of the 1026 Companies
in the Global Household & Personal Products industry.

( Industry Median: 14.03 vs. SPCO: 58.8 )
SPCO' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 58.8

Dividend & Buy Back

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Dividend Yield 1.30
SPCO's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than
50% of the 1398 Companies
in the Global Household & Personal Products industry.

( Industry Median: 1.38 vs. SPCO: 1.30 )
SPCO' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 1.3
Dividend Payout 0.5
SPCO's Dividend Payout is ranked higher than
57% of the 769 Companies
in the Global Household & Personal Products industry.

( Industry Median: 0.40 vs. SPCO: 0.5 )
SPCO' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 0.5
Yield on cost (5-Year) 1.30
SPCO's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked lower than
78% of the 1398 Companies
in the Global Household & Personal Products industry.

( Industry Median: 1.20 vs. SPCO: 1.30 )
SPCO' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 1.3

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Business Description

The Stephan Co. was founded in 1897 and was incorporated in the State of Florida in 1952. The Company is engaged in the manufacture, sale and distribution of hair care and personal care products at both the wholesale and retail level. The Company is comprised of The Stephan Co. and its ten wholly owned operating subsidiaries: Old 97 Company, Williamsport Barber and Beauty Corp., Stephan & Co., Inc., Scientific Research Products, Inc. of Delaware, Sorbie Distributing Corp., Stephan Distributing, Inc., Morris Flamingo-Stephan, Inc., American Manicure, Inc., Lee Stafford Beauty Group, Inc., and Bowman Beauty and Barber Supply, Inc. The Company's two operating segments are: Distributors and Brands. The Distributors segment generally consists of a customer base of distributors that purchase the Company's hair care products and beauty and barber supplies for sale to salons, barbershops and beauty schools. The customer base for its Brands segment is comprised of: mass merchandisers, chain drug stores and supermarkets that sell hair care and other personal care products directly to the end user; and distributors that sell to retailers. Morris Flamingo-Stephan, Inc., located in Danville, Illinois, is a beauty and barber distributor, which markets its products utilizing catalogs published under the Morris Flamingo and Major-Advance brand names. Williamsport Barber and Beauty Corp., located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is a mail order beauty and barber supply company. Bowman Beauty and Barber Supply, Inc., located in Wilmington, North Carolina, is mainly a mail order barber and beauty supply company. These subsidiaries comprise the Distributors segments. The Company manufactures and distributes a number of brands at its Florida facilities. It manufactures Image and Sorbie hair care products that are sold mainly through distributors to salons and retail outlets. It also makes Cashmere Bouquet talc, Quinsana Medicated talc, Balm Barr and Stretch Mark creams and lotions, Protein 29 liquid and gel grooming aids, Stiff Stuff and Wildroot hair care products. Additionally, its Frances Denney division markets a full line of cosmetics through retail and mail order channels. The Company manufactures shampoos, hair treatments, after-shave lotion, dandruff lotion, hair conditioners and hair spray under the brand name 'STEPHAN'S.' It manufactures and markets LeKair and New Era for the African American market. It makes and sells OLD 97, KNIGHTS, and TAMMY. And it distributes 'Natural' and 'French' American Manicure nail polish manicure kits to other distributors and salons. The materials utilized by the Company and its subsidiaries in the manufacture of its products consist mainly of common chemicals, fragrances, alcohol, perfumes, labels, plastic bottles, caps and cartons. All materials are readily available at competitive prices from numerous sources. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and in Tampa, Florida. It also
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