Growth Metrics

Stepan (SCL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Stepan's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.35 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 30.43% year-over-year to 0.35; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.38, up 59.75%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.38, 59.75% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.35 in Q4 2025 per SCL's latest filing, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.74 in Q1 2024 to a low of 40.53 in Q2 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 2.58, with a median of 0.14 recorded in 2021.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 1587.13% in 2024 against a maximum downside of 20035.38% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.31 in 2021, then tumbled by 151.97% to 0.78 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 148.25% to 0.38 in 2023, then fell by 28.43% to 0.27 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 30.43% to 0.35 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SCL's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.35 (Q4 2025), 0.22 (Q3 2025), and 0.6 (Q2 2025).