BCPCBalchem Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and lightly shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +0% vs its 200-day average.
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 12% since the previous count, up from 1.3% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How BCPC is trading
Balchem Corporation is +7.9% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 10 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +0.35%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 52
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 8.4%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $167.90
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +0.70%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +7.9%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +25%
- vs 50-day average$171.91
- −2.3%
- 52-week high
- $183.26
- 52-week low
- $139.44
- Annualised volatility
- 22%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +9.5% |
| 2025 | −5.3% |
| 2024 | +10% |
| 2023 | +22% |
| 2022 | −27% |
| 2021 | +47% |
| 2020 | +14% |
| 2019 | +30% |
| 2018 | −2.2% |
| 2017 | −3.5% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.22% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.5% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.08% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.7% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.9% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.2% |
| Jul | 11 | 7 of 11 | +3.1% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.7% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | +0.14% |
| Oct | 11 | 7 of 11 | +0.26% |
| Nov | 10 | 8 of 10 | +2.4% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.74% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.