SCL Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own SCL shares is 309, representing 84.55% of the company's common stock.

SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in SCL by -14.3% restricting it's holding to 262.58 thousand shares of worth nearly $23.64M. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO also lessened -0.54% of the SCL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 141.83 thousand shares of worth $12.77M. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also shunned SCL shares holding by -5.25% last quarter which brought its holding to 122.82 thousand shares worth $11.06M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP increased its stake in SCL by 3.67% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.25 million shares having worth more than $112.12M. AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC also added 10.93% more shares of SCL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 139.87 thousand shares of worth $12.59M. RUSSELL INVESTMENTS GROUP, LTD. also increased its SCL shares holding by 2.19% which brought its holding to 107.52 thousand shares worth $9.68M.

The insider with the most stakes in SCL is STEPAN F QUINN JR , director at the company. Additionally, SCL stock is highly held by V.P. and Gen'l. Mgr., Polymers Stepan Richard Finn and Exec VP Mergner Arthur W among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.76% percent of Stepan Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which SCL insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include STEPAN F QUINN JR, BEHRENS SCOTT R., and ROJO LUIS.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Stepan Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 1056 shares

Around 1.06K Stepan Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.76% of SCL stock.

SCL director, STEPAN F QUINN JR holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. SCL shares owned by STEPAN total nearly 250.68 thousand.

DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP is the largest institutional owner in SCL which holds 1.25 million shares worth $112.12M or 5.46% of the total SCL shares outstanding followed by SOUTHERNSUN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 262.58 thousand shares representing 1.15% of the SCL ownership. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO is the third largest stakeholder with 141.83 thousand shares or 0.62% of the ownership worth more than $12.77M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the SCL is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of SCL shares short is 429.03K. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 22.49M shares of SCL are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, SCL has 21.19M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for SCL is 3.93.