Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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