Stepan Co expected to post earnings of $1.42 a share - Earnings Preview

Stepan

18/10/2021 15:53

* Stepan Co  SCL.N   SCL  is expected to show a rise in
quarterly revenue when it reports results on October 20. 
* The Northfield, Illinois-based company is expected to report 
a 17.4% increase in revenue to $545.475 million from $464.48
million a year ago, according to the mean estimate from 4
analysts, based on Refinitiv data. 
​* Refinitiv's mean analyst estimate for Stepan Co is for
earnings of $1.42 per share. For the same quarter last year, the
company reported earnings of $1.56 per share.
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and
the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 2
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts was unchanged in the
last three months. ​
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Stepan Co is
$139​, about 14% above​ its last closing price of $119.52. ​​​
* Previous quarterly performance (using preferred earnings
measure in US dollars). ​
 QUARTER       STARMINE    REFINITIV  ACTUAL    BEAT,   SURPRI
 ENDING        SMARTESTIM  IBES                 MET,    SE %
               ATE®        ESTIMATE             MISSED  
 Jun. 30 2021  1.84        1.84       1.81      Missed  -1.4
 Mar. 31 2021  1.45        1.43       1.82      Beat    27.1
 Dec. 31 2020  1.08        1.08       1.42      Beat    31.1​
 Sep. 30 2020  1.41        1.40       1.56      Beat    11.7
 Jun.          1.18​       1.20       1.65      Beat    37.5​
 30​ 2020​                                              
 Mar. 31 2020  0.79        0.78       1.04      Beat    32.8​
 Dec. 31 2019  0.87        0.88       1.10      Beat    25
 Sep. 30 2019  1.17        1.14       1.20      Beat    5.6
 This summary was machine generated October 18 at 14:53 GMT.  All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated