Stepan (SCL) FCF Margin (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly FCF Margin of 4.58% for Q4 2025, down 152.0% year-on-year from 8.81% in Q4 2024, and down 32.75% on a QoQ basis from 6.81% in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 4.58% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 152.0% year-over-year to 4.58%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.09% (down 71.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.09%, down 71.0% from the prior year.
- FCF Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 4.58%, down from 6.81% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 6.92% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 25.21% in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.04% (2022), against an average of 2.04%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when FCF Margin slumped 1936 bps; it then surged 2728 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.97% in 2021, then soared by 58 bps to 1.66% in 2022, then jumped by 353 bps to 4.18% in 2023, then surged by 46 bps to 6.1% in 2024, then fell by 25 bps to 4.58% in 2025.
- The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 4.58% (Q4 2025), 6.81% (Q3 2025), and 2.42% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 10.23% |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | - |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 0.01% |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 18.06% |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 34.80% |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | -0.48% |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | -7.48% |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 17.33% |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 7.73% |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 4.58% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.58% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.81% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -2.42% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -4.35% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.73% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.07% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.18% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.92% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -25.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -1.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.34% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -12.03% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.97% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -7.96% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.14% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -9.17% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 10.64% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 11.40% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 9.45% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -8.82% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 11.47% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 6.23% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 11.62% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -4.36% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 10.97% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 4.57% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 7.01% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -5.29% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 11.28% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 9.06% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 8.02% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -3.66% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 14.10% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 3.17% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 12.50% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -4.75% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 7.43% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 10.20% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 4.13% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 1.21% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -0.38% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.32% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 1.08% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | -6.17% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 9.03% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 3.12% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 6.47% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | -6.76% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 2.02% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 4.81% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 2.68% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | -3.58% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 9.60% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 2.66% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | -2.89% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -11.34% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 0.30% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 1.72% |