Should I Buy SCSC? SCSC 2026 Analysis

Should You Buy Scansource Inc (SCSC) Today? Analysis, Price Targets, and 2026 Outlook.

Conclusion

Hold

Latest Price

38.390

1 Day change

5.58%

52 Week Range

46.250

Analysis Updated At

2026/01/30

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SCSC is not a good buy right now for an impatient buyer. Price is sitting near resistance with momentum getting stretched, the probabilistic near-term path skews negative (week/month), insiders are aggressively net selling, and an earnings event is imminent—better odds come either on a pullback (around ~41 or below) or after the earnings reset.

Technical Analysis

Trend/Momentum: MACD histogram is positive (0.195) and expanding, indicating upside momentum is still present; however RSI(6) is 68.6, approaching overbought, suggesting limited immediate upside before a pause/pullback. Levels: Current price 42.85 is above Pivot 41.112 and above R1 42.409, pushing into the 43.21 (R2) zone. That puts the stock close to resistance where breakouts can fail without fresh catalysts. Support sits near 41.11 first, then 39.82/39.01. Moving averages: Converging MAs implies a balance/transition regime (not a clean trend), consistent with a near-resistance stall risk. Quant pattern read-through: Similar-pattern projection shows +1.04% next day probability tilt, but -2.5% next week and -5.58% next month, which argues against chasing here.

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Options Data

Bullish

Open Interest Put-Call Ratio

Bullish

Option Volume Put-Call Ratio

Sentiment: Open-interest put/call ratio at 0.1 is strongly call-skewed (bullish positioning), but today’s options volume is essentially zero—so it’s not a strong real-time sentiment confirmation. Volatility: IV(30d) 47.71 vs historical vol 28.46 implies options are pricing elevated uncertainty (likely earnings-related). IV is below the 5d/10d IV averages (63.46/59.59), suggesting implied vol has been coming down into the event window.

Technical Summary

Sell

Buy

Positive Catalysts

on 2026-02-05 pre-market: potential catalyst if results/guide beat expectations.

Neutral/Negative Catalysts

with RSI near overbought, increasing risk of a stall/pullback.

Financial Performance

Latest reported quarter: 2026/Q1. Revenue fell to $739.65M (-4.63% YoY), but profitability improved: Net income $19.878M (+17.11% YoY) and EPS $0.89 (+28.99% YoY). Gross margin rose to 13.72 (+12.74% YoY). Overall: earnings/margins are trending better even as top-line growth is negative.

Growth

Profitability

Efficiency

Analyst Ratings and Price Target Trends

No analyst rating/price target change data was provided, so recent Wall Street upgrades/downgrades and target revisions cannot be confirmed here. Pros (what analysts typically like given the data): improving EPS and margins. Cons: declining revenue and heavy insider selling into the current price area. Influential/congress trading: no recent congress trading data available.

1 Analyst Rating

Wall Street analysts forecast SCSC stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SCSC is 43 USD with a low forecast of 43 USD and a high forecast of 43 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

0 Buy

1 Hold

0 Sell