Stepan produces specialty and intermediate chemicals, which are sold to other manufacturers and used in a variety of end products. Co. has three reportable segments: Surfactants, which are chemical agents that can provide actions such as detergency (i.e., the ability of water to remove soil from another surface), wetting and foaming, dispersing, emulsification (aiding two dissimilar liquids to mix), demulsification, viscosity modifications and biocidal disinfectants; Polymers, which include polyurethane polyols, polyester resins and phthalic anhydride; and Specialty Products, which are chemicals used in food, flavoring, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical applications. We show 57 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our SCL shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute SCL market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing SCL market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing SCL's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of SCL versus a peer is one thing; comparing
SCL market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like SCL can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching SCL by allowing them to research the SCL market cap history. |
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