Stepan (SCL) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Change in Inventory of -$25.3 million for Q4 2025, down 336.73% on a QoQ basis from -$5.8 million in Q3 2025, and down 1288.93% year-over-year from $2.1 million in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Change in Inventory (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Change in Inventory history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$25.3 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory fell 1288.93% year-over-year to -$25.3 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$500000.0 (down 101.34% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$500000.0, down 101.34% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was -$25.3 million for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from -$5.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $61.5 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$52.6 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $3.5 million and a median of $3.5 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Change in Inventory.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Change in Inventory soared 1572.48% — and 2023, when it tumbled 7855.3%.
  • Stepan's Change in Inventory stood at $15.5 million in 2021, then plunged by 104.56% to -$707000.0 in 2022, then slumped by 3030.41% to -$22.1 million in 2023, then jumped by 91.75% to -$1.8 million in 2024, then slumped by 1288.93% to -$25.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Change in Inventory at -$25.3 million in Q4 2025, -$5.8 million in Q3 2025, and $13.8 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 48.00 Mn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn -
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn -74.00 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn -16.00 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 156.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 96.00 Mn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 33.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn -
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn -25.35 Mn

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -25.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -25.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -5.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -5.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 13.76 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 13.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 16.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 16.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 29.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 29.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 12.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -22.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -22.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -52.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -52.65 Mn