Stepan is engaged in the production and sale of specialty and intermediate chemicals, which are sold to other manufacturers for use in a variety of end products. Co. has three reportable segments: Surfactants, which are used in a variety of consumer and industrial cleaning compounds as well as in agricultural products, lubricating ingredients, oil field chemicals and other applications; Polymers, which are used primarily in plastics, building materials, refrigeration systems and coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers applications; and Specialty Products, which are used in food, flavoring, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical applications. We show 51 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of SCL's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of SCL shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like SCL versus peers —
is critical for investors. 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.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching SCL by allowing them to research SCL shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |