Stepan (SCL) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2026)

On a trailing twelve-month basis, Stepan's Capital Expenditures was $118.46 million through Jun 30, 2026, down 2.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $122.51 million, down 0.2% from FY2024.

• Capital Expenditures has now declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
• In earlier years, Capital Expenditures was $122.78 million in FY2024 (-52.8%), $260.34 million in FY2023 (-13.7%), $301.55 million in FY2022 (+55.1%) and $194.48 million in FY2021 (+54.6%).
• The Q2 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Capital Expenditures since Q2 2020.
• Compared with a year earlier, Capital Expenditures has declined for three straight quarters, with an average decline of 10.8% over the last eight quarters.
• The best year-over-year quarter for Capital Expenditures over five years was Q2 2022 (growth of 85.8%); the worst was Q1 2024 (a decline of 67.3%).
• Per Business Quant data, SCL's Capital Expenditures in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $30.89 million (Q1 2026), $34.62 million (Q4 2025) and $29.55 million (Q3 2025).