Stepan Co. (SCL) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates

While Stepan Co. has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? Stepan Co. (SCL) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.52 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.92 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.41 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non- recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -43.48%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this specialty chemicals company ...