Stepan Co (Stepan Co) Risk Assessment

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What is Stepan Co Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Stepan Co is: Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock.

Competitive Comparison of Stepan Co's Risk Assessment

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Stepan Co's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Stepan Co's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Stepan Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stepan Co's Risk Assessment falls into.

Stepan Co (NYSE:SCL) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

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Stepan Co (Stepan Co) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

96S:Germany

Address

1101 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL, USA, 60062

Website

https://www.stepan.com

Stepan Co manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into three segments based on product type. The surfactants segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells cleaning agents used in detergents, shampoos, body wash, fabric softeners, toothpastes, and other personal-care products. Surfactants are chemical agents that affect the interaction between two surfaces. The polymers segment sells polyurethane used to manufacture rigid foam for thermal insulation, as well as phthalic anhydride used to make plastic components for the construction, automotive, and boating industries. The specialty products segment sells chemicals used in food and flavoring. Most of Stepan's revenue comes from the United States.

Executives

Sharon Purnell	officer: VP & CHRO	1101 SKOKIE BLVD, SUITE 500, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Randall S. Dearth	director	CALGON CARBON CORPORATION, P.O. BOX 717, PITTSBURGH X1 15230
Stepan F Quinn Jr	director, officer: President and COO	22 W FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Arthur W Mergner	officer: VP & General Manager	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Scott R. Behrens	officer: VP/GM Surfactants	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Robert Joseph Haire	officer: EVP, Supply Chain	1101 SKOKIE BLVD, SUITE 500, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Jason Scott Keiper	officer: VP & Chief Tech & Sust Officer	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Gregory E Lawton	director	4 TESSENEER DR, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS KY 41076
Luis Rojo	officer: VP & Chief Financial Officer	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Debra Stefaniak	officer: VP, Business Transformation	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Janet Anne Catlett	officer: VP, CHRO	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Richard Finn Stepan	officer: V.P. and Gen'l. Mgr., Polymers	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Edward J Wehmer	director	454 BUENA ROAD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Lorinda Burgess	director	22 WEST FRONTAG ROAD, NORTHBROOK IL 60093
Sean Thomas Moriarty	officer: VP & GM Polymers	22 WEST FRONTAGE ROAD, NORTHFIELD IL 60093