Stock Analysis: Stolt-Nielsen

Stolt-Nielsen (SOIEF) was founded was founded by Jacob Stolt Nielsen in 1959 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Stolt-Nielsen transports, stores and distributes transfer solutions for chemicals and other bulk liquid products. 

It operates through six segments: (1) Tankers, (2) Terminals, (3) Tank Containers, (4) Stolt Sea Farm, (5) Stolt-Nielsen Gas, and (6) Corporate and Other

Three key data points gauge SOIEF (or any dividend paying entity):

(1) Price 

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money. 

SOIEF Price

Stolt-Nielsen’s single share price rose $3.50 (or 33%) from $24.00 to $31.35 this past year, per Thursday’s morning market report.

No analysts cover the stock. However, a review of the past ten years of Stolt-Nielsen’s prices shows an average annual increase of $2.14

SOIEF Dividends

Stolt-Nielsen has declared and paid Semi-Annual dividends since June 1996.

The December 2025 SA dividend of $1.00 supports a $2.25 annual dividend estimate for the coming year.

SOIEF Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical annual gross gain of $4.41 per share is predicted by adding the $2.25 forward-looking dividend the average SOIEF $2.16 annual price-gain over the past two years.

A little over $1000 invested at Wednesday’s $31.35 share price would buy 32 shares which multiply the $4.41 estimated gross gain to an estimated $140.67 upside for the coming year.

45% of that $141 upside gain could come from the $63.80 annual dividend payout from your $1,000 investment.

And the $63.80 dividend from $1k invested is over 2 times more than SOIEF’s $31.35 single share price.

(A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.) 

Stolt-Nielsen’s $63.80 dividend from $1,000 invested is 2.04 times Thursday’s $31.35 single share price. 

The exact track of SOIEF’s  future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.  

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.