Growth Metrics

Stepan (SCL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Stepan's FCF Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 4.58% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 152.0% year-over-year to 4.58%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.09%, down 71.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.09%, 71.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 4.58% in Q4 2025 per SCL's latest filing, down from 6.81% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 6.92% in Q2 2023 to a low of 25.21% in Q1 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 2.04%, with a median of 1.04% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: crashed -1936bps in 2021, then soared 2728bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 3.97% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 58bps to 1.66% in 2022, then surged by 353bps to 4.18% in 2023, then soared by 46bps to 6.1% in 2024, then dropped by -25bps to 4.58% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SCL's FCF Margin are 4.58% (Q4 2025), 6.81% (Q3 2025), and 2.42% (Q2 2025).