Stepan Company (SCL)

New York Stock Exchange
USD
US8585861003
21 February 1973  –  4 October 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
9.48%
Sharpe Ratio
0.45
Maximum Drawdown
-61%

Metrics

Metric Stepan Company
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $1,077,844
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date -0.01%
Year-To-Date -17.2%
3M -6.45%
6M -11.56%
Annual Return (3Y) -11.11%
Annual Return (5Y) -3.04%
Annual Return (All) 9.48%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 30.34%
Max Drawdown -61%
Sharpe Ratio 0.45
Sortino Ratio 0.68
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.48

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on February 1973.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of October 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 52 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Stepan Company 11.54% -11.11% -3.04% 7.3% 11.39% 9.48%

Annual Returns

Year Stepan Company
1973 -39.41%
1974 -18.7%
1975 -3%
1976 42.27%
1977 36.96%
1978 -29.63%
1979 21.8%
1980 20.99%
1981 46.43%
1982 -30.31%
1983 28%
1984 3.12%
1985 26.52%
1986 40.12%
1987 40.45%
1988 24.68%
1989 -20.22%
1990 15.8%
1991 28.89%
1992 25.82%
1993 -13.21%
1994 9.72%
1995 13.77%
1996 25.8%
1997 48.81%
1998 -8.37%
1999 -9.95%
2000 4.6%
2001 5.66%
2002 5.89%
2003 5.9%
2004 -1.99%
2005 14.12%
2006 21.07%
2007 5.6%
2008 47.48%
2009 40.85%
2010 19.61%
2011 6.72%
2012 40.32%
2013 19.48%
2014 -38.09%
2015 25.96%
2016 65.99%
2017 -2.06%
2018 -5.21%
2019 39.96%
2020 17.75%
2021 5.24%
2022 -13.24%
2023 -9.74%
2024 -17.2%

Stepan Company had 36 positive years and 16 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 69%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1973 - -10.3% -12.1% -5% -3.3% -10.2% 25.8% -17.5% 8% -7.4% -16.1% 7% -39.4%
1974 10.6% 12.5% -2% -4.7% -2.1% -11.4% -6.5% 6% -3.3% 4.2% -1.6% -18% -18.7%
1975 26% 1.6% -10.9% -5.3% 13% -4.1% -8.6% -7.5% -3% -4.2% -6.5% 12.8% -3%
1976 18.6% 25.2% -3.5% 1.4% 11.4% -4.5% -1.3% -0% -1.4% -1.4% 0% -4.2% 42.3%
1977 2.2% 2.1% 9% 9.6% 1.7% -2.9% -5.3% -5.6% 0.7% -5.9% 22.2% 7.4% 37%
1978 -6.9% 4% 15.3% -4.3% -7.4% -0.5% 1.1% -5.3% 1.1% -23.3% 1.5% -5% -29.6%
1979 12% -10.7% 14.3% 5.3% -13.8% 7.3% 6.1% 17.2% -0% -9.2% 1.8% -4.7% 21.8%
1980 6.2% 7% -7.6% -7.7% -6.4% -4.8% -0% 18.6% -6% -1.9% 17% 9.5% 21%
1981 9.2% 12.2% 13.3% 15.1% -9.6% 4.6% -7.4% 8% -3.4% 5.6% 0.7% -5.6% 46.4%
1982 -8.7% -13.7% -10.6% -2% -15.2% -1.2% -2.4% 13.6% -5.4% 17.2% 2% -3.9% -30.3%
1983 15% -1.7% -10.6% 8.9% 1.8% -2.7% 12.8% 4.1% 0.8% -3.1% 5.6% -3% 28%
1984 6.3% -12.5% 2.5% -0% -2.5% 0% 21% -5.6% 2.2% -2.2% -5.2% 2.3% 3.1%
1985 2.3% 21.5% -7.3% 4% -0.6% 1.3% 3.8% 3.6% 2.9% 3.4% -1.7% -6.7% 26.5%
1986 5.4% 6.3% 16% 15.2% 6.4% 4.1% -6.9% 3.5% -1.5% -0.4% -1.9% -9% 40.1%
1987 6.8% 14.3% 11.6% -2.5% 3.4% 19.8% -3.9% 7.5% 6.1% -24% 0.6% 1.9% 40.5%
1988 -1.2% 3.1% 14.1% 3.8% -3.9% 1.4% 0.5% -1.6% 9% -4.2% 1.6% 1.3% 24.7%
1989 15% -1.3% -6.3% -11.5% -3.8% -2.3% -9.3% 3.2% 1.9% -5.5% -5.8% 6.3% -20.2%
1990 -10.5% 2.3% 12.2% -5.1% 17.1% 11.6% 10.9% -16.4% 4% 0% -11.3% 6.2% 15.8%
1991 3.5% 32.2% -4.3% -9.8% -5.3% 2.1% 8.3% -8.4% 0.5% 10.4% -4% 6.9% 28.9%
1992 15.3% 4.6% 0% 10.8% 10.6% 13.9% -16.9% -0.5% -6.1% 1.8% -6.8% 1.5% 25.8%
1993 9.4% -0.5% -8.3% 2.3% 3.6% -9% 3.2% -3.6% -6% 0.9% -11.5% 8.2% -13.2%
1994 6.7% 1.1% -11.6% 2.4% 0.3% -2.3% 8.5% 16.9% 3.4% -1.8% -6.3% -4.8% 9.7%
1995 21.7% -0.1% -3.5% 12.1% -4.5% -8.1% -0.7% -0.1% -4.4% -2.3% -0.9% 7.3% 13.8%
1996 14.3% 0.7% 2% 2.6% -0.7% -7.6% -3.5% -0.1% 2.9% -2.8% 10.1% 7.2% 25.8%
1997 -7.4% 3.3% -4.5% -0.7% 7.5% 25.5% 5.3% -8.7% 13% 3.1% 2.1% 6.3% 48.8%
1998 -5.9% 0.5% 9% 3.5% 1% -5.7% -3.6% -11.8% 7.2% -6.7% 11.2% -4.7% -8.4%
1999 -4.9% -6.1% -5.8% 13.5% -1.6% 2.8% -1.7% -0.9% -7.4% 5.2% -0.4% -1.3% -10%
2000 -5.9% -6.1% 5.8% -1.2% 2.8% 6.3% -5.4% -4.4% -3.9% -3.4% 7.4% 14.9% 4.6%
2001 -1% -3.6% 7.2% -3.4% 3.6% 9.6% -5.9% -5.6% -21.9% 16.3% 13.3% 2.9% 5.7%
2002 1.3% 1.8% 8% 3.4% -2.4% 5.1% 1.6% -2.3% -3.6% 2.5% -6.5% -2.2% 5.9%
2003 -6.1% 4.4% -5.2% 7.9% -0% -8.4% 7.6% -4.4% -1.2% 8.1% 2.6% 2.4% 5.9%
2004 -2.3% -1.5% -6.8% 5.3% 1.6% 7.8% -7.3% -5.6% 4.8% 1.3% 6.5% -4.4% -2%
2005 -4.6% 2.9% -0.8% -8.3% -0.7% 4.2% 20.1% -0.9% -4% 2.2% 1.7% 4.1% 14.1%
2006 -1.5% 1.5% 10.6% 6.8% -2.1% 2.9% -5% -1.1% -0.9% 7.6% -3% 4.5% 21.1%
2007 0.9% -14.7% -3% 9.1% 7.5% -1% -8.9% 9.6% 3% 12.1% -11.2% 6.5% 5.6%
2008 -8.1% 14.7% 12.1% 2.9% 4.5% 11.6% 25.7% 2.9% -7.2% -34.3% 29.1% 2.2% 47.5%
2009 -21.9% -22.1% -3.8% 44.9% 6.7% 5.1% 1.4% 21.3% 11.1% -4.7% 10% 3.3% 40.9%
2010 -9.8% -18.3% 17.6% 35.5% -4.5% -5.1% -3.5% -15.6% 6.6% 14.1% 5% 8.1% 19.6%
2011 -4.9% -2.9% 3.3% -0.7% -6.4% 5.6% 11.9% -4.3% -11.2% 15.1% 5.5% -1.3% 6.7%
2012 7.2% 2.1% 0.4% 3.5% -0.2% 4.2% -5.9% 8.1% 0.6% -0.3% 4.7% 11.1% 40.3%
2013 5.6% 4.7% 3% -9.8% -4.8% 2.9% 7.6% -5.5% 2.3% 2% 8.1% 3.4% 19.5%
2014 -3.4% -3.8% 6.2% -10.4% -7.2% -1.2% -9% 0.7% -8.1% -0.2% -6.1% -3.2% -38.1%
2015 -4.2% 7.5% 1.4% 22.3% 1.4% 5.2% -9.4% -7.7% -7.6% 27.2% -1.3% -4.6% 26%
2016 -9.5% 10.5% 11.7% 10.9% -5.6% 3.2% 8% 9.6% 3.4% -2.2% 14.6% 0.4% 66%
2017 -4.1% -3.2% 4.5% 7.6% 0% 3% -5.7% -5.6% 8.1% -4.5% 4.4% -5% -2.1%
2018 -0.7% 2.1% 4.1% -15.5% 3.7% 7.3% 12.3% 2.1% -2.5% -5.1% -1.8% -8.4% -5.2%
2019 18.8% 7% -6.7% 5.7% -8% 8.3% 7.9% -3.5% 1.8% 0.7% -0.6% 5.7% 40%
2020 -3.7% -11% 1% 7.9% 2.1% -0.1% 12.5% 5.8% -5.5% 6.8% 0% 2.7% 17.8%
2021 -5.6% 7.1% 5.6% 2.8% 3.3% -10.7% -1.9% -0.1% -3.9% 6.3% -5.8% 10.3% 5.2%
2022 -11.4% -5.9% -4.3% 3.3% 10.1% -9.6% 10.7% -6.8% -10.1% 11.5% 7.2% -4.6% -13.2%
2023 3.2% -5.2% -0.7% -10.5% 0.1% 3.9% 0.3% -8.5% -14.1% -0.2% 10.9% 14.5% -9.7%
2024 -5.6% 0.4% 0.9% -7.8% 5.5% -3.7% 0.8% -7.8% -0.5% -0% - - -17.2%
Pos 49% 59.6% 54.9% 60.8% 50% 54.9% 51% 37.3% 47.1% 47.1% 56% 60.8% 69.2%
Avg 1.6% 1.3% 1.6% 3.2% 0.2% 1.4% 1.8% -0.4% -1% 0.5% 1.8% 1.7% 12.2%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Stepan Company
Cumulative Return 10678.44%
Enh Ann Return 12.1%
Best Year 65.99%
Worst Year -39.41%
Best Month 44.94%
Worst Month -34.34%
Best Day 20.55%
Worst Day -23.69%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 69.23%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 53.85%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 52.18%
Win Ratio (Daily) 49.94%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Stepan Company 28.99% 27.65% 33.1% 30.9% 34.95% 30.34%

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Stepan Company 0.52 -0.29 0.07 0.38 0.48 0.45

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Stepan Company

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2008-08-15 2009-03-10 2009-09-10 391 -61%
1973-02-22 1975-11-25 1978-03-22 1854 -59.11%
1981-04-09 1982-08-09 1985-09-19 1624 -55.23%
2021-05-07 2023-10-13 - 1246 -52.35%
2013-12-24 2014-12-12 2016-07-21 940 -43.86%

The Stepan Company took approximately 40 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 62 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Stepan Company
Sharpe Ratio 0.45
Sortino Ratio 0.68
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.48
Calmar Ratio 0.16
Omega Ratio 1.09
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.09
Ulcer Index 0.22
Kelly Criterion 4.17%
Skew 0.49
Kurtosis 10.49
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