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. 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. The majority of Stepan's revenue comes from the United States, followed by France, Poland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and other countries.
| Form 4 transaction type | Transactions | Shares | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option exercise | 4 | 5,024 | |
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | 2 | 737 |
Dollar totals are shown for open-market purchases and sales only. Grants, option exercises, gifts and tax withholding are reported by share count because they are not trades at a market price.
57 Form 4 filings on record, the earliest from Oct 18, 2024, newest first. Filing history page 1 of 2.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,154 | $62.35 | $72K | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 339 | $62.35 | $21K | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 1,154 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,358 | $64.68 | $88K | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 398 | $64.68 | $26K | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 1,358 | $0.00 | - | |
| Option exercise | Common Stock | 90 | $52.58 | $5K | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 50 | $52.58 | $3K | ||
| Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 90 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 25.54 | $52.51 | $1K | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 6,440 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 16.46 | $52.51 | $865 | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 6,440 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 6,440 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,994 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,497 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 7,155 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 35.6 | $52.51 | $2K | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 5,993 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,996 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 8,586 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 5,993 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,996 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 8,586 | $0.00 | - | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 19,976 | $0.00 | - | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 39,952 | $0.00 | - | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 57,241 | $0.00 | - | |
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | ||
| F. Quinn Stepan Jr. - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | |
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | ||
| Susan Lewis - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | |
| Joaquin Delgado - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | |
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | ||
| Randall S. Dearth - Director | Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,566 | $52.61 | $135K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 550 | $50.33 | $28K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 162 | $50.33 | $8K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 550 | $0.00 | - | |
| Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 2,859 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 4,030 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Grant or award | Performance Shares | 1,429 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Afonso Adriano Jose Galimberti - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 1,310 | $0.00 | - | |
| Afonso Adriano Jose Galimberti - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 2,621 | $0.00 | - | |
| Afonso Adriano Jose Galimberti - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 3,694 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 429 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 1,253 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 149 | $49.62 | $7K | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 429 | $49.62 | $21K | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 434 | $48.99 | $21K | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,253 | $48.99 | $61K | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 252 | $49.62 | $13K | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 4,455 | $0.00 | - | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 857 | $0.00 | - | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 4,455 | $48.99 | $218K | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 1,306 | $48.99 | $64K | |
| Luis Rojo - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 857 | $49.62 | $43K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,670 | $48.99 | $82K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 490 | $48.99 | $24K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 571 | $49.62 | $28K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 168 | $49.62 | $8K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 1,670 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 571 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 166 | $49.62 | $8K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 571 | $49.62 | $28K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 570 | $48.99 | $28K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Option exercise | Common Stock | 1,670 | $48.99 | $82K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 571 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Option exercise | Restricted Stock Units | 1,670 | $0.00 | - | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 25.54 | $52.51 | $1K | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Shawn G. Lisle - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 6,440 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 16.46 | $52.51 | $865 | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Andrea Jean Barry - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 6,440 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 5,993 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,996 | $0.00 | - | |
| Robert Joseph Haire - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 8,586 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,495 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,247 | $0.00 | - | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Sean Thomas Moriarty - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 7,155 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 7,155 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,497 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 4,994 | $0.00 | - | |
| Richard Finn Stepan - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 56.77 | $52.51 | $3K | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 35.6 | $52.51 | $2K | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Restricted Stock Units | 5,993 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Performance Shares | 2,996 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ruben Dario Velasquez - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Appreciation Right | 8,586 | $0.00 | - |
STEPAN CO (SCL) had 2 insider filings in the last 90 days, with the most recent on 2026-08-28. The full record for SCL runs to 57 Form 4 filings, the earliest from 2024-10-18. InsiderAlpha tracks every Form 4, Form 144, and 8-K filing in real time.
No insider purchases of SCL were filed in the last 90 days.
No insider sales of SCL were filed in the last 90 days. 2 sales are on record for this company.
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