Wasatch Advisors Adds $41M in Balchem Corporation ($BCPC)

Key Points

  • Wasatch Advisors changed its Balchem Corporation ($BCPC) stake by 20.45% last quarter, boosting to 1,423,424 shares worth $240.49 million.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $BCPC is Buy and an average price target of $209.25.
  • $BCPC last traded around $168.95.

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Wasatch Advisors increased its position in Balchem Corporation ($BCPC) by 20.45% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,423,424 shares of Balchem Corporation after buying 241,696 shares during the quarter. Wasatch Advisors's holdings in Balchem Corporation were worth $240.49 million as of its most recent filing.

Balchem Corporation Stock Down 5.3%

Shares of Balchem Corporation ($BCPC) traded around $168.95 on Saturday, down 5.3% for the day.

Last price$168.95
Market cap$5.61B
P/E ratio34.62
Forward P/E28.04
PEG ratio3.55
Beta0.81
52-week low$139.17
52-week high$183.90
50-day MA$170.74
200-day MA$166.44
Current ratio2.67
Quick ratio1.46
Debt-to-equity0.13

Balchem Corporation Earnings

EPS (ttm)$5.08
Revenue (ttm)$1.09B
Revenue growth11.20%
Net margin15.14%
Return on equity12.79%
Next earningsOct 20, 2026

Balchem Corporation Dividend

Annual dividend$0.96
Dividend yield55%
Payout ratio18.90%
Ex-dividend dateDec 23, 2025

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusBuy
Average target$209.25
High target$242
Low target$165
Analysts covering4

About Balchem Corporation

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty performance ingredients and products for the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device sterilization, plant nutrition, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Human Nutrition and Health, Animal Nutrition and Health, and Specialty Products. The Human Nutrition & Health segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry. Its products include spray dried and emulsified powders, extrusion and agglomeration, blended lipid systems, liquid flavor delivery systems, juice and dairy bases, chocolate systems, and cereal systems, as well as ice cream bases and variegates. This segment offers specialty vitamin K2; microencapsulation solutions for various applications; and human grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products for nutrition and health applications. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides microencapsulated products to enhance health and milk production and delivering nutrient supplements in ruminant animals; chelation technology, which offers enhanced nutrient absorption for various species of production and companion animals; methylsulfonylmethane; and choline chloride, a nutrient for monogastric animal health. The Specialty Products segment distributes ethylene oxide and ammonia primarily for use in the health care industry; and single use canisters for sterilizing re-usable devices. This segment also markets and sells propylene oxide, a fumigant to aid in the control of insects and microbiological spoilage, as well as to reduce bacterial and mold contamination in shell and processed nut meats, processed spices, cacao beans, cocoa powder, raisins, figs, and prunes; and chelated minerals for high value crops. It sells its products through sales force, independent distributors, and sales agents. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.

ExchangeNasdaqGS
SectorBasic Materials
IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
HeadquartersMontvale, NJ
CEOMr. Theodore Lee Harris
Employees1,379

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