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Stepan F Quinn Jr: insider trades

Chief executive, Director at Stepan Co. No open-market purchases and 22 sales not made under a pre-set plan, reported from November 21, 2012 to August 6, 2025.

What happened after Stepan F Quinn Jr’s sales?

After their sales, the shares moved −29.4% against the index over 12 months on average (a negative figure means selling was the right call); 91% trailed it.

With 296 insiders tested, some will look skilled or unskilled by chance alone: when we replaced each insider’s stocks with random companies bought on the same days, about 5.7 cleared the bar ahead and 23.3 behind. One record on its own proves little.

Trade by trade

MeasuredTrades countedAverage vs S&P 500MedianWent the right wayYearst-statisticp-valueEvidence
Purchases, 3 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 6 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the report 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Purchases, 12 months after the trade 0 — — — — — — Not enough years
Sales, 3 months after the report 22 −7.8% −8.2% 91% 9 −1.74 0.12 No reliable evidence
Sales, 12 months after the report 22 −29.4% −33.0% 91% 9 −2.90 0.020 Some evidence: seller right
Sales, 12 months after the trade 22 −29.1% −33.2% 91% 9 −2.96 0.018 Some evidence: seller right

“Average vs S&P 500” is the stock’s return including dividends minus the index’s over the same dates, from the close on the first trading day after the report, or from the close on the trade date. Only windows that have finished are counted. For sales, a negative figure means the stock lagged after it was sold, so selling was the right call (green). “Went the right way” is the share of purchases that beat the index, or of sales that trailed it. The t-statistic uses one average per year of reports, because one person’s trades bunch into the same stock and weeks, and needs trades in at least four different years; the p-value comes from the t distribution with that number of years (with four years, a t of 2 has p = 0.14). “Some evidence” means p under 5%, “strong evidence” p under 1% over at least six years.

Companies traded

CompanyTitle on the latest filingPurchasesSalesFirst reportLatest report
Stepan Co SCL Chairman, President & CEO022November 21, 2012August 6, 2025

Trades and what followed

Moves are against the S&P 500; green means the trade went the insider’s way.

ReportedTradedCompanyTradeValue3 months after report12 months after report12 months after trade
August 6, 2025August 4, 2025 SCL Sale $501,561 −17.7%+12.2%+9.8%
March 11, 2024March 7, 2024 SCL Sale $174,852 −5.8%−42.3%−40.9%
March 7, 2024March 5, 2024 SCL Sale $260,650 −8.2%−43.9%−45.7%
February 28, 2024February 26, 2024 SCL Sale $897,743 −8.3%−50.1%−47.5%
February 26, 2024February 22, 2024 SCL Sale $913,110 −9.3%−48.8%−48.5%
August 2, 2023July 31, 2023 SCL Sale $964,646 −15.1%−37.6%−32.1%
March 1, 2023February 27, 2023 SCL Sale $1,286,697 −17.5%−45.9%−43.1%
February 27, 2023February 23, 2023 SCL Sale $130,132 −16.2%−42.7%−40.6%
February 23, 2023February 21, 2023 SCL Sale $940,719 −15.3%−42.4%−39.6%
November 15, 2022November 11, 2022 SCL Sale $583,880 −5.2%−40.7%−40.2%
November 9, 2020November 5, 2020 SCL Sale $1,474,211 −11.7%−30.8%−27.4%
November 4, 2020November 2, 2020 SCL Sale $1,220,832 −7.6%−27.4%−36.5%
August 17, 2020August 13, 2020 SCL Sale $1,246,746 +2.4%−33.3%−34.3%
August 14, 2020August 12, 2020 SCL Sale $431,687 −0.2%−34.2%−34.4%
March 4, 2019March 1, 2019 SCL Sale $1,209,375 −4.3%−13.6%−15.6%
March 6, 2018March 2, 2018 SCL Sale $2,922,351 −12.8%+3.7%+8.5%
August 16, 2017August 14, 2017 SCL Sale $1,189,150 −3.5%−3.5%−6.2%
May 11, 2017May 9, 2017 SCL Sale $458,192 −7.9%−32.8%−31.4%
May 8, 2017May 4, 2017 SCL Sale $820,673 −9.5%−31.4%−31.0%
May 3, 2017May 1, 2017 SCL Sale $1,225,974 −9.1%−31.0%−29.5%
May 1, 2017April 27, 2017 SCL Sale $863,623 −7.4%−27.6%−28.2%
November 21, 2012November 20, 2012 SCL Sale $108,132 +19.3%−3.0%−6.0%

Open-market purchases and sales of at least $10,000 in companies we cover, from SEC Form 4 filings; sales made under a pre-set Rule 10b5-1 plan are not shown. “Not yet” means the window has not finished or the share price was under $5 at entry. These are the shares’ moves after each trade: they say nothing about why Stepan F Quinn Jr traded and do not suggest the use of non-public information. How every insider compares · the insider trading backtest.