BALCHEM CORP (BCPC)
Materials · Specialty Chemicals / Specialty Ingredients · NASDAQ
Balchem is a leading developer of specialty performance ingredients and solutions for the food, animal health, and pharmaceutical industries, with a strong focus on high-value microencapsulation and specialty chemical technologies.
What BALCHEM CORP does
Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical, animal health, and medical sterilization markets. The company operates through segments focused on human nutrition and health, animal nutrition and health, and specialty products, providing solutions such as microencapsulation, minerals, and gases.
Themes: nutritional science, food and beverage ingredients, animal nutrition, medical sterilization gases, health and wellness supplements, microencapsulation technology
Fundamentals
- Price$181.28 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$5.8B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+11.9% 2025-08-21 close $161.94 → 2026-08-21 close $181.28
- P/E34.76 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+15.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+36.3% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+12.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.12 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+10.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.86 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-31 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.6%; at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How BCPC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 94 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
BCPC is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
54.1 #352 of 987 scored · #13 of 66 in Materials
Financial health 75th (debt to equity 0.1, free cash flow margin 15.8%) and long-term trend 65th (it is 1.3% below its highest point of the past year); weakest is valuation (34th, price to earnings 34.8, price to book 4).
Short-term score
40.5 #1378 of 1,704 scored · #68 of 83 in Materials
Trend 67th: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; momentum 60th: MACD momentum is positive; weakest is setup 35th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced only a small part of its move over the past year — 5% of it. Its score is docked 10 points for overextended (RSI above 75 or stochastic above 90).
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, BCPC's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 18%, operating-cash-flow payout 13%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout18% dividends / net income
- Operating-cash-flow payout13% dividends / operating cash flow — capital spending was not reported, so this does not subtract it
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How BALCHEM CORP looks technically
BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) is trading 9.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 15 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 66, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-03-04, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 2.6% below its all-time high.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 9.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +9.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $169.04 | $169.04 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $165.56 | $165.56 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 168.91. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 15 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 15 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 9.5% above | +9.5% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control | 28.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 66, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 66.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($169.84 to $182.06) — its "stochastic" reading is 94 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 93.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 19 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $183.75 | $183.75 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 1.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -1.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 30.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +30.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 1.3% below its highest point of the past year | 1.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-03-04, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2026-03-04, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $186.03 (set on 2024-07-29) | $186.03 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($140.30 to $183.26), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 5% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $155.34 to $156.71. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 4.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 2.6% below its all-time high | -2.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.1% above a support level at $179.30 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-09-19, most recently on 2026-04-20. Since 2024-08-21 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $7.58 (set on 2005-10-25) | $7.58 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2291.8% above its all-time low | +2,292% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 76% of it) | 76th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.97 between its high and its low — about 2.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.97 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $162.72 and $187.24 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $162.72 – $174.98 – $187.24 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.2% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 4.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (9.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 4.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.75× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.1% since the prior reading | +0.1% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.4% above the previous close 48 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 158.69 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.4% |
| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap down opened on 2026-06-25 has been "filled" 40 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 40 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 10.2 percentage points (the stock gained 12.5% while the market gained 2.3%) | +10.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 9.0 percentage points (the stock gained 12.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +9.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 5.2 percentage points (the stock gained 5.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -5.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 8.5 percentage points (the stock gained 11.9% while the market gained 20.5%) | -8.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 9.8% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +9.8% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 8% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $168.51 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +7.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-31 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $176.68 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 16 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
BCPC last closed at $181.28 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $179.30 | Support | 1.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-09-19 to 2026-04-20 |
| $183.71 | Resistance | 1.3% above the last close | turned there six times · 2024-10-25 to 2026-08-13 |
| $175.85 | Support | 3.0% below the last close | turned there 8 times · 2024-08-30 to 2026-08-14 |
| $171.32 | Support | 5.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-20 to 2026-01-22 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $168.91.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $171.03 and $176.86 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $182.06.
This reading has stood for 2 trading days, since 2026-08-20.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Near the 52-week high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · all time high
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 4 analysts
- Mean price target$209.25 range $165.00 – $242.00; median $215.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BCPC
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.54 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to fluctuations in raw material costs and availability.","Dependence on specialized manufacturing processes and complex supply chains.","Risks associated with international operations, including foreign currency volatility."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of BCPC's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2025-10-21.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added 'Recent Developments' subsection titled 'Geopolitical Conflicts' discussing heightened tensions in Middle East, Iran conflicts, and potential effects on energy prices, raw material costs, freight costs, and shipping patterns (filed 2026-04-30)
- Added 'Recent Developments' subsection titled 'Supreme Court Tariff Ruling' discussing February 2026 Supreme Court ruling striking down IEEPA tariffs, April 20, 2026 refund portal availability, and subsequent additional tariffs imposed by U.S. presidential administration (filed 2026-04-30)
- Updated employee count to 'approximately 1,368 full time employees' as of March 31, 2026 (filed 2026-04-30)
- Removed:
- Removed 'Recent Developments' subsection titled 'Anti-Dumping Investigation in the European Union' discussing European Commission duties on choline chloride from China (filed 2025-10-21)
- Removed previous employee count of 'approximately 1,355 full time employees' as of September 30, 2025 (filed 2025-10-21)
- Removed page number '27' reference (filed 2025-10-21)
- Reworded:
- Changed reference year in Forward-Looking Statements from 'December 31, 2024' to 'December 31, 2025' (filed 2026-04-30)
- Changed page number from '23' in newer filing context (filed 2026-04-30)
- Notes:
- Newer filing text truncates at 'Segment Results' section; older filing includes segment financial tables that are not present in the provided excerpt for comparison
- Comparison limited to text provided; full scope of changes in complete MD&A section cannot be assessed
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for BCPC — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 1 matched disclosure for BCPC from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding BCPC as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 6,903,104
- Reported value $1,169,938,106
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 5 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
BCPC had 552,349 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
BCPC had 1.73% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.78 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 552,349
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.73%
- Prior settlement (shares) 604,522
- Reported change -8.63%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.78
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- DSM-Firmenich
- Kerry Group (KRYAY)
- Ingredion (INGR)
- IFF (IFF)
- Kemin Industries
- Alltech
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Frequently asked questions
What does BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) do?
Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, pharmaceutical, animal health, and medical sterilization markets. The company operates through segments focused on human nutrition and health, animal nutrition and health, and specialty products, providing solutions such as microencapsulation, minerals, and gases.
What sector is BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) in?
BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Specialty Chemicals / Specialty Ingredients. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does BCPC pay a dividend?
Yes — BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.58% and at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are BALCHEM CORP's (BCPC) competitors?
Notable peers of BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) include DSM-Firmenich, Kerry Group, Ingredion, IFF and Kemin Industries. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in BCPC?
Yes — we hold 1 matched STOCK Act disclosure for BCPC from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) overbought or oversold right now?
BALCHEM CORP (BCPC) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 66, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BCPC come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.