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Stepan Co. (SCL) stock price history
Every NYSE trading session of Stepan Co. from Feb 21, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026: 13,245 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
SCL adjusted close, 1973 to 2026
- $124.80
- All time high, 2021
- $72.67
- 52 week high, $41.14 low
- 13,245
- Daily sessions since 1973
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1973 to 2026 series and minute bars.
SCL key facts
- Stepan Co. (SCL) closed at $66.31 on Nov 12, 2026 on NYSE.
- SCL's all time high close is $124.80, set on May 6, 2021; its all time low close is $0.2787 on Nov 25, 1975.
- SCL's 52 week range is $41.14 to $72.67.
- SCL returned +55.4% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and -42.2% over five years.
- Over ten years SCL returned -1%, -0.1% a year compounded.
- SCL's deepest drawdown was -66.9% from May 6, 2021 to Nov 4, 2025.
- DataCedar holds 13,245 daily sessions of SCL history from Feb 21, 1973 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
SCL price chart, 1973 to 2026
SCL returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +9.1% |
| 3 months | +2.1% |
| 6 months | +30.7% |
| Year to date | +42.1% |
| 1 year | +55.4% |
| 3 years | -4.8% |
| 5 years | -42.2% |
| 10 years | -0.7% |
| Since Feb 21, 1973 | +9,628% |
| Compound annual growth, 53.7 years | +8.9% |
SCL records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $124.80 on May 6, 2021
- All time low close
- $0.2787 on Nov 25, 1975
- 52 week high
- $72.67 on Nov 2, 2026
- 52 week low
- $41.14 on Nov 18, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -66.9% from May 6, 2021 to Nov 4, 2025, not yet recovered
- Best single session
- +20.5% on Mar 17, 2020
- Worst single session
- -23.7% on Mar 20, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 37.6%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 54%
- Growth of 1 since 1973
- 97.3×
- Best calendar year
- 2016, +66%
- Worst calendar year
- 2014, -38%
SCL price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1973 starts on Feb 21, 1973; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $46.68 | $72.67 | $43.82 | $66.31 | +42.2% | 34.9M | 218 |
| 2025 | $61.95 | $63.00 | $40.83 | $46.64 | -24.6% | 36.3M | 250 |
| 2024 | $88.13 | $89.72 | $60.97 | $61.86 | -30.3% | 24.3M | 252 |
| 2023 | $98.71 | $105.73 | $59.42 | $88.74 | -9.7% | 29.1M | 250 |
| 2022 | $113.28 | $115.10 | $84.34 | $98.31 | -13.2% | 19.4M | 251 |
| 2021 | $108.30 | $126.03 | $99.17 | $113.32 | +5.2% | 18.7M | 252 |
| 2020 | $92.03 | $116.67 | $62.09 | $107.68 | +17.7% | 25.6M | 253 |
| 2019 | $64.41 | $91.91 | $63.67 | $91.45 | +40.0% | 20.9M | 252 |
| 2018 | $69.26 | $79.87 | $59.60 | $65.34 | -5.2% | 22.2M | 251 |
| 2017 | $70.87 | $80.72 | $59.18 | $68.93 | -2.1% | 18.5M | 251 |
| 2016 | $41.81 | $75.15 | $35.34 | $70.38 | +66.0% | 23.5M | 251 |
| 2015 | $33.87 | $47.14 | $31.24 | $42.40 | +26.0% | 25.3M | 252 |
| 2014 | $54.10 | $55.26 | $30.52 | $33.66 | -38.1% | 17.2M | 252 |
| 2013 | $46.50 | $55.67 | $43.12 | $54.37 | +19.5% | 15.7M | 252 |
| 2012 | $34.33 | $45.80 | $30.79 | $45.50 | +40.3% | 15.9M | 250 |
| 2011 | $30.66 | $33.84 | $25.16 | $32.43 | +6.7% | 18.5M | 252 |
| 2010 | $25.77 | $31.42 | $18.03 | $30.39 | +19.6% | 27.9M | 251 |
| 2009 | $17.96 | $26.65 | $8.82 | $25.41 | +40.9% | 27.6M | 251 |
| 2008 | $12.23 | $23.13 | $10.43 | $18.04 | +47.5% | 36.6M | 253 |
| 2007 | $11.34 | $13.16 | $9.26 | $12.23 | +5.6% | 14.8M | 251 |
| 2006 | $9.82 | $12.27 | $8.80 | $11.58 | +21.1% | 10.2M | 251 |
| 2005 | $8.36 | $9.79 | $7.20 | $9.57 | +14.1% | 6M | 252 |
| 2004 | $8.57 | $8.94 | $7.24 | $8.38 | -2.0% | 4.6M | 246 |
| 2003 | $8.12 | $9.04 | $6.64 | $8.55 | +5.9% | 4.4M | 244 |
| 2002 | $7.68 | $9.43 | $7.36 | $8.08 | +5.9% | 3M | 249 |
| 2001 | $7.18 | $8.16 | $5.50 | $7.63 | +5.7% | 2M | 214 |
| 2000 | $6.90 | $7.50 | $5.59 | $7.22 | +4.3% | 2.7M | 217 |
| 1999 | $7.68 | $7.68 | $6.44 | $6.92 | -9.7% | 2.9M | 218 |
| 1998 | $8.34 | $9.15 | $6.62 | $7.66 | -8.4% | 2.4M | 228 |
| 1997 | $5.62 | $9.14 | $5.00 | $8.36 | +48.8% | 2.8M | 225 |
| 1996 | $4.40 | $5.65 | $4.23 | $5.62 | +25.8% | 2.3M | 230 |
| 1995 | $3.86 | $5.50 | $3.86 | $4.47 | +13.8% | 1.8M | 248 |
| 1994 | $3.53 | $4.60 | $3.19 | $3.93 | +9.7% | 1.8M | 204 |
| 1993 | $4.15 | $4.67 | $3.20 | $3.58 | -13.2% | 3.6M | 228 |
| 1992 | $3.23 | $5.61 | $3.19 | $4.12 | +25.8% | 2.9M | 254 |
| 1991 | $2.54 | $3.54 | $2.53 | $3.28 | +28.9% | 2.3M | 253 |
| 1990 | $2.20 | $3.18 | $1.92 | $2.54 | +15.8% | 2.4M | 253 |
| 1989 | $2.77 | $3.31 | $2.04 | $2.20 | -20.2% | 1.8M | 252 |
| 1988 | $2.21 | $2.84 | $2.17 | $2.75 | +24.7% | 1.8M | 253 |
| 1987 | $1.57 | $2.92 | $1.56 | $2.21 | +40.5% | 2.8M | 252 |
| 1986 | $1.12 | $1.90 | $1.11 | $1.57 | +40.1% | 2.2M | 253 |
| 1985 | $0.8865 | $1.25 | $0.8798 | $1.12 | +26.5% | 2.4M | 252 |
| 1984 | $0.8731 | $1.00 | $0.7790 | $0.8865 | +3.1% | 5.4M | 253 |
| 1983 | $0.6783 | $0.9402 | $0.6447 | $0.8596 | +28.0% | 8.5M | 253 |
| 1982 | $0.9537 | $0.9738 | $0.4970 | $0.6716 | -30.3% | 4.4M | 253 |
| 1981 | $0.6649 | $1.18 | $0.6649 | $0.9637 | +46.4% | 8M | 249 |
| 1980 | $0.5473 | $0.6582 | $0.4533 | $0.6582 | +21.0% | 3.4M | 251 |
| 1979 | $0.4399 | $0.6313 | $0.4399 | $0.5440 | +21.8% | 2.9M | 250 |
| 1978 | $0.6313 | $0.7220 | $0.4298 | $0.4466 | -29.6% | 3.8M | 252 |
| 1977 | $0.4634 | $0.6615 | $0.4197 | $0.6346 | +37.0% | 4.1M | 252 |
| 1976 | $0.3257 | $0.5306 | $0.3224 | $0.4634 | +42.3% | 5.1M | 246 |
| 1975 | $0.3425 | $0.4432 | $0.2754 | $0.3257 | -3.0% | 3.6M | 253 |
| 1974 | $0.4164 | $0.5440 | $0.3358 | $0.3358 | -18.7% | 2.8M | 251 |
| 1973 | $0.6817 | $0.6817 | $0.3190 | $0.4130 | n/a | 5.1M | 211 |
SCL monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $66.31 | -4.7% |
| October 2026 | $69.61 | +11.6% |
| September 2026 | $62.38 | +0.3% |
| August 2026 | $62.22 | -3.0% |
| July 2026 | $64.14 | +15.1% |
| June 2026 | $55.72 | +6.2% |
| May 2026 | $52.45 | +5.6% |
| April 2026 | $49.66 | +0.1% |
| March 2026 | $49.61 | -1.0% |
| February 2026 | $50.12 | -11.7% |
| January 2026 | $56.74 | +21.6% |
| December 2025 | $46.64 | +4.5% |
About the SCL data
Daily bars. 13,245 sessions from Feb 21, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per NYSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Oct 23, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Feb 21, 1973, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nyse%3ASCL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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