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Stepan SCL

US equityMarket cap rank #3010
$62.74 −$0.26 (-0.41%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 4:10 am ET · After hours $62.74 0.00%
Open$62.97
Prev close$63.00
Day range$61.85 – $63.72
Volume143.2K
Market cap$1.43B
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield2.50%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership89.1%-0.03 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding269+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 10 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.93% of floatDays to cover 4.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share27.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

20%28%37%46%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.71M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 38.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock15.21%
  • HighTower Advisors, LLC6.99%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.08%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.95%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.81%
  • American Century Investment Management4.17%
  • DePrince, Race & Zollo, Inc.4.12%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.91%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund75.61%
  • Hedge Fund7.84%
  • Individual/Insider5.63%
  • Public Company1.82%
  • Government Pension Fund1.27%
  • Private Company1.01%
  • Insurance Company0.64%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.59%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.83% to 2.93% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 666,552 2.9% 4.8
31 Aug 2026 689,825 3.0% 6.8
14 Aug 2026 688,059 3.0% 5.2
31 Jul 2026 591,427 2.6% 3.5
15 Jul 2026 604,349 2.7% 4.8
30 Jun 2026 642,857 2.8% 3.3

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