Stepan (SCL) Asset Utilization Ratio (2011 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio of 0.97 for Q4 2025, up 5.37% year-on-year from 0.92 in Q4 2024, and up 2.46% on a QoQ basis from 0.95 in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 15 years of Asset Utilization Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.97 in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Asset Utilization Ratio rose 5.37% year-over-year to 0.97; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.97 (up 5.37% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.0, up 7.09% from the prior year.
- Asset Utilization Ratio for Q4 2025 stood at 0.97, up from 0.95 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Asset Utilization Ratio topped out at 1.19 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.92 in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 1.04 (2023), against an average of 1.05.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Asset Utilization Ratio declined 16.61%; it then climbed 5.37% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Asset Utilization Ratio shows it stood at 1.17 in 2021, then retreated by 0.33% to 1.16 in 2022, then declined by 14.83% to 0.99 in 2023, then decreased by 6.68% to 0.92 in 2024, then grew by 5.37% to 0.97 in 2025.
- The last three Asset Utilization Ratio figures came in at 0.97 (Q4 2025), 0.95 (Q3 2025), and 0.94 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Asset Util. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 0.40 |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | - |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 0.92 |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 0.66 |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 0.30 |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 0.73 |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | 0.87 |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 0.35 |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 0.32 |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 0.97 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.97 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.95 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.94 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.95 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.92 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.92 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.93 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.94 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.99 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.02 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.06 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.13 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.16 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.19 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.16 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.14 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.17 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.16 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.13 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.09 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.11 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 1.15 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.19 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.18 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 1.20 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 1.23 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 1.27 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.30 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 1.33 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.36 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.35 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 1.31 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 1.31 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1.31 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 1.32 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 1.31 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 1.32 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 1.34 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 1.38 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 1.41 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 1.43 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.50 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 1.60 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 1.65 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.65 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.63 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 1.62 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 1.62 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 1.62 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 1.61 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 1.69 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 1.80 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 1.85 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 1.90 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 1.99 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 2.04 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 2.06 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 1.95 |