Stepan (SCL) Debt to Equity (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.5 for Q4 2025, down 5.76% year-on-year from $0.53 in Q4 2024, and down 4.18% on a QoQ basis from $0.53 in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.5 in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Debt to Equity fell 5.76% year-over-year to $0.5; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $0.5 (down 5.76% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.5, down 5.76% from the prior year.
- Debt to Equity for Q4 2025 stood at $0.5, down from $0.53 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.6 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at $0.23 in Q2 2021.
- The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.53 (2025), against an average of $0.48.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt to Equity soared 105.48%; it then dropped 10.99% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.34 in 2021, then jumped by 48.77% to $0.5 in 2022, then gained by 6.79% to $0.54 in 2023, then slipped by 0.58% to $0.53 in 2024, then dropped by 5.76% to $0.5 in 2025.
- The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.5 (Q4 2025), $0.53 (Q3 2025), and $0.53 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt/Equity (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 0.62 |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | 0.58 |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 2.10 |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 0.84 |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 1.11 |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 0.87 |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | 1.26 |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 0.19 |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 0.22 |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 0.50 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.50 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.53 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.53 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.55 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.53 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.56 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.55 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.53 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.54 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.54 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.56 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.60 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.50 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.50 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.47 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.48 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.26 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.25 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.27 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.27 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 0.33 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.36 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.36 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.36 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.38 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.41 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 3,204.64 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -2.72 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.49 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.51 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -2.82 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -4.33 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.59 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.62 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -2.56 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 3,733.37 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 0.51 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.46 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.46 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 0.48 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.49 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.52 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.56 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 0.39 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.38 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 0.40 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.44 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 0.46 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.49 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 0.47 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 0.48 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.54 |