Stepan (SCL) EBT Margin (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly EBT Margin of 0.89% for Q4 2025, up 1053.0% year-on-year from 0.08% in Q4 2024, and down 68.13% on a QoQ basis from 2.8% in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 0.89% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, EBT Margin rose 1053.0% year-over-year to 0.89%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 2.57% (up 223.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.57%, up 223.0% from the prior year.
- EBT Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 0.89%, down from 2.8% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 9.88% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 12.05% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 3.31% (2024), against an average of 2.75%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin sank 1569 bps; it then surged 1053 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 3.65% in 2021, then tumbled by 431 bps to 12.05% in 2022, then surged by 37 bps to 7.59% in 2023, then declined by 27 bps to 9.64% in 2024, then jumped by 109 bps to 0.89% in 2025.
- The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 0.89% (Q4 2025), 2.8% (Q3 2025), and 2.32% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 27.68% |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | 39.02% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 12.00% |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 15.74% |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 27.85% |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 13.16% |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | 1.90% |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 28.46% |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 10.77% |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 0.89% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.89% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.32% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.16% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -9.64% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.09% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -7.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.82% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.81% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.06% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -12.05% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.25% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.79% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.65% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.52% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.71% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 9.88% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 8.97% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 9.34% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 10.38% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 7.89% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 6.27% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 6.08% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 8.36% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 6.34% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 6.55% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 4.86% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 8.31% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 7.87% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 6.02% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 6.01% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 7.49% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 9.47% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 1.67% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 6.10% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 8.62% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 9.08% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 3.59% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 7.46% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 5.34% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 6.63% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.32% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 3.71% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 6.59% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 3.79% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 2.17% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 5.86% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 6.79% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 5.54% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 4.97% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 6.86% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 6.70% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 7.03% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 4.10% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 5.65% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 6.57% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 6.42% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 3.38% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 8.53% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 7.20% |