Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%