STEPAN CO SCL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 858586100 · ISIN US8585861003
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustrySoap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics
- HeadquartersNorthfield, IL
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($14.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 22.7m as of 2026-04-30, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $49.98. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($6.6m notional), 1 hold puts ($529.8k).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 204 |
| Q4 2022 | 210 |
| Q1 2023 | 208 |
| Q2 2023 | 196 |
| Q3 2023 | 200 |
| Q4 2023 | 196 |
| Q1 2024 | 201 |
| Q2 2024 | 216 |
| Q3 2024 | 232 |
| Q4 2024 | 209 |
| Q1 2025 | 201 |
| Q2 2025 | 205 |
| Q3 2025 | 204 |
| Q4 2025 | 209 |
| Q1 2026 | 224 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 103 | 86 |
| Q3 2024 | 106 | 105 |
| Q4 2024 | 88 | 117 |
| Q1 2025 | 102 | 97 |
| Q2 2025 | 106 | 99 |
| Q3 2025 | 95 | 98 |
| Q4 2025 | 107 | 98 |
| Q1 2026 | 126 | 81 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $9.5m | $1.7m | 0.17 |
| Q3 2025 | $6.4m | $4.3m | 0.67 |
| Q4 2025 | $6.1m | $303.1k | 0.05 |
| Q1 2026 | $6.6m | $529.8k | 0.08 |
Biggest buyers
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +349.3k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | New | +174.4k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L | Added | +156.4k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +138.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +126.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +120.1k |
| TOWLE & CO | New | +105.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Added | +101.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +79.8k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC | Added | +47.1k |
Biggest sellers
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC | Sold out | -741.3k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Sold out | -183.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Sold out | -78.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -76.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -71.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -69.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Sold out | -67.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -53.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -47.8k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Sold out | -38.4k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.0m100.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.2m23.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $329.9k6.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $95.0k1.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $15.0k300 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $529.8k10.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-29 | 14.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.0% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution +0.2 pts · filed 2026-10-08 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $75.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $31.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $501.6k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2026.
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $165.5m | Added +9.5k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.6m $79.5m | Added +193 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $67.9m | First filing |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $55.8m | Reduced -6.0k |
| DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC 0.89% of their portfolio | 947.5k $47.4m | Added +47.1k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 942.0k $47.1m | First filing |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 902.7k $45.1m | Reduced -9.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 732.1k $36.6m | Added +120.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 529.6k $26.5m | Added +15.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 464.5k $23.2m | Reduced -13.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 393.3k $19.7m | Added +349.3k |
| SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.74% of their portfolio | 378.8k $18.9m | Reduced -29.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 327.8k $16.4m | Added +138.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 310.0k $15.5m | Added +24.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 304.4k $15.2m | Reduced -5.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 252.2k $12.6m | Reduced -47.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 242.5k $12.1m | Added +4.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 234.7k $11.7m | Added +79.8k |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 223.1k $11.2m | Added +47 |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.6k $10.3m | Added +126.7k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 190.8k $9.5m | Added +20 |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 174.4k $8.7m | New |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.7k $8.6m | Added +9.6k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 168.5k $8.4m | Reduced -32 |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.11% of their portfolio | 165.5k $8.3m | Added +156.4k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 152.6k $7.6m | Added +24.7k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 143.7k $7.2m | Added +36.4k |
| GRACE & WHITE INC /NY 1.23% of their portfolio | 139.0k $6.9m | Added +9.9k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.8k $6.9m | First filing |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.0k $6.7m | Reduced -2.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 123.8k $6.2m | Added +101.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.2k $6.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 114.7k $5.7m | Added +34.9k |
| TOWLE & CO 2.06% of their portfolio | 105.9k $5.3m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.4k $5.2m | Reduced -15.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.3k $4.7m | Added +9.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.7k $4.7m | Added +6.2k |
| O'Keefe Stevens Advisory, Inc. 1.05% of their portfolio | 85.0k $4.2m | Added +13.3k |
| DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.58% of their portfolio | 81.7k $4.1m | Added +38.9k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 76.9k $3.8m | Added +2.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.3k $3.5m | Added +44.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.5k $3.3m | Added +1.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 65.9k $3.3m | Added +42.0k |
| CenterBook Partners LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 64.9k $3.2m | Added +31.3k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.9k $3.2m | Added +17.5k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.6k $3.0m | Added +9.6k |
| Dean Capital Management 1.19% of their portfolio | 57.2k $2.9m | Added +28.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.5k $2.8m | Added +208 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.2k $2.7m | Reduced -11.4k |
| PDT Partners, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 54.1k $2.7m | Added +25.4k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 52.7k $2.6m | Added +4.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.1k $2.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.2k $2.5m | Added +10.8k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.6k $2.3m | Reduced -71.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.9k $2.1m | Added +14.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 42.4k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.9k $2.1m | Added +15.0k |
| Pullen Investment Management, LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 40.3k $2.0m | Added +4.9k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 39.7k $2.0m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.2k $1.8m | Added +26.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.1k $1.7m | Reduced -23.5k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 32.2k $1.6m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.0k $1.6m | Reduced -53.0k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.6k $1.5m | Added +20.2k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 29.9k $1.5m | Added +14.5k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 29.3k $1.5m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.9k $1.4m | Added +3.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.2k $1.4m | Reduced -2.4k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.6k $1.3m | Added +9.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.4k $1.2m | Reduced -35.8k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 23.4k $1.2m | New |
| ROMANO BROTHERS AND COMPANY 0.13% of their portfolio | 22.6k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $1.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 22.1k $1.1m | Reduced -25.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.7k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.6k $1.0m | Reduced -161 |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $997.7k | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.9k $946.6k | Added +2.1k |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.4k $921.3k | Added +4.7k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.3k $914.0k | Added +519 |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.0k $897.0k | Reduced -422 |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.9k $893.6k | Added +436 |
| Mutual Advisors, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 17.9k $892.2k | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 17.6k $878.9k | Added +11.6k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.05% of their portfolio | 17.0k $849.7k | New |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.9k $844.5k | Reduced -10.2k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $842.6k | Unchanged |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.7k $832.9k | Added +1.1k |
| VARCOV Co. 0.29% of their portfolio | 15.7k $783.2k | New |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.0k $749.4k | New |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $747.1k | Added +7.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.5k $725.2k | Added +9.8k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $712.6k | First filing |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $697.5k | First filing |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.4k $671.9k | Added +1.3k |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $664.7k | Unchanged |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $625.4k | Reduced -6.4k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $625.1k | Reduced -152 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $620.7k | Reduced -13.6k |
| BAILARD, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.1k $604.8k | New |