Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
The Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol “BCPC.”
On February 6, 2026, the closing price for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC was $173.16.
Record Holders
As of February 6, 2026, the approximate number of holders of record of Common Stock was 57. Such number does not include stockholders who hold their stock in street name.
Performance Graph
The graph below sets forth the cumulative total stockholder return on the Common Stock (referred to in the table as “BCPC”) for the five years ended December 31, 2025, the overall stock market return during such period for shares comprising the Russell 2000 ® Index (which we believe includes companies with market capitalization similar to that of us), and the overall stock market return during such period for shares comprising the Dow Jones U.S. Specialty Chemicals Index, in each case assuming a comparable initial investment of $100 on December 31, 2020 and the subsequent reinvestment of dividends. The Russell 2000 ® Index measures the performance of the shares of the 2000 smallest companies included in the Russell 3000 ® Index. In light of our industry segments, we do not believe that published industry-specific indices are necessarily representative of stocks comparable to us. Nevertheless, we consider the Dow Jones U.S. Specialty Chemicals Index to be potentially useful as a peer group index with respect to us. The performance of the Common Stock shown on the graph below is historical only and not necessarily indicative of future performance.
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Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities
The following table summarizes the share repurchases activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
Total Number of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid Per Share Total Number of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly Announced
Programs (2)
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans or Programs (2)(3)
January 1-31, 2025 — $ — — $ 103,418,864
February 1-28, 2025 32,369 $ 161.90 32,369 $ 95,302,085
March 1-31, 2025 500 $ 167.48 500 $ 98,501,855
First Quarter 32,869 32,869
April 1-30, 2025 49,616 $ 156.24 49,616 $ 84,139,744
May 1-31, 2025 155,055 $ 164.24 155,055 $ 62,982,137
June 1-30, 2025 294 $ 158.35 294 $ 60,675,920
Second Quarter 204,965 204,965
July 1-31, 2025 1,030 $ 156.17 1,030 $ 59,681,644
August 1-31, 2025 65,416 $ 161.32 65,416 $ 51,095,995
September 1-30, 2025 29,314 $ 160.49 29,314 $ 46,127,486
Third Quarter 95,760 95,760
October 1-31, 2025 110,712 $ 154.75 110,712 $ 46,127,486
November 1-30, 2025 160,061 $ 153.83 160,061 $ 2,560,266
December 1-31, 2025 80,560 $ 156.90 80,560 $ 616,670,503
Fourth Quarter 351,333 351,333
Total 684,927 684,927
(1) The Company repurchased (withheld) shares from employees in connection with the tax settlement of vested shares and/or exercised stock options under the Company's omnibus incentive plan and made open market repurchases of common stock pursuant to a share repurchase agreement in compliance with Rule 10b-18 or a trading plan established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(2) On December 9, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a new stock repurchase program which replaced the previously approved June 1999 program. The December 2025 program authorizes the repurchase of up to and including 4,000,000 shares of the Company's ordinary shares. This new stock repurchase program has no expiration date, does not oblige the Company to acquire any particular amount of the Company's ordinary shares, and may be terminated at any time. As of December 9, 2025, the 1999 program was terminated and all remaining authorized shares (5,742 shares) were expired. Since the inception of the new program on December 9, 2025, a total of 69,659 shares have been repurchased under the December 2025 program.
(3) Dollar amounts in this column equal the number of shares remaining available for repurchases under the stock repurchase programs as of the last date of the applicable month multiplied by the monthly average price paid per share.
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