STEPAN CO (SCL) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:SCL - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US8585861003 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall SCL gets a technical rating of 0 out of 10. SCL's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.
88% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than SCL.
SCL is part of the Chemicals industry. There are 85 other stocks in this industry, of which 73% are performing better than SCL.
SCL is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.
In the last month SCL has a been trading in the 59.55 - 65.89 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.
SCL has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 65.10. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 60.26, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.
More info and screens
59.65
94.04
When analyzing the support we notice one important area.
- A support zone ranging from 60.25 to 60.26. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
5 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 65.10 to 65.59. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @67.54 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @70.44 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @85.57 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @93.11 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS12.17
Mansfield-2.55
10 Day High64.67
10 Day Low59.55
20 Day High65.89
20 Day Low59.55
52 Week High94.77
52 Week Low59.55
Performance
1 Week0.66%
2 Weeks0.14%
1 Month-1.38%
3 Month-18.35%
6 Month-18.5%
12 Month-31.05%
2 Year-39.72%
3 Year-39.44%
5 Year-28.56%
10 Year52.75%
15 Year163.99%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.32
RSI(14)47.6
LBB60.73
UBB63.67
62.75
-1.16 (-1.82%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorMaterials
GICS IndustryChemicals
Performance
% Chg-1.82%
1 Week0.66%
2 Weeks0.14%
1 Month-1.38%
3 Month-18.35%
6 Month-18.5%
12 Month-31.05%
2 Year-39.72%
3 Year-39.44%
5 Year-28.56%
10 Year52.75%
15 Year163.99%
Volatility
ATR(14)1.85
ATR(20)%2.94%
ATR Inc37.16%
Range Today2.57
ADR(20)1.72
ADR(20)%2.75%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS12.17
Mansfield-2.55
10 Day High64.67
10 Day Low59.55
20 Day High65.89
20 Day Low59.55
52 Week High94.77
52 Week Low59.55
CS1 End60.26
CR1 Start65.1
Volume & EV
DER(3)0.16%
DER(5)0.17%
Volume140.60K
Volume Incr6.91%
Vol(5)136.06K
Vol(50)123.33K