Stepan (SCL) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.35 for Q4 2025, up 30.43% year-on-year from 0.27 in Q4 2024, and up 62.55% on a QoQ basis from 0.22 in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.35 in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 30.43% year-over-year to 0.35; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 1.38 (up 59.75% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.38, up 59.75% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 stood at 0.35, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.74 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 40.53 in Q2 2024.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.14 (2021), against an average of 2.58.
- Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 1587.13% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 20035.38% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.31 in 2021, then sank by 151.97% to 0.78 in 2022, then soared by 148.25% to 0.38 in 2023, then declined by 28.43% to 0.27 in 2024, then soared by 30.43% to 0.35 in 2025.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.35 (Q4 2025), 0.22 (Q3 2025), and 0.6 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 0.83 |
| 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 | 246.38 |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 0.25 |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 0.36 |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | -8.37 |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | -0.42 |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 0.15 |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 0.63 |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 0.35 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.35 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.60 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.34 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -2.11 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -40.53 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.74 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.38 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.50 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.20 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.05 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.78 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.19 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.74 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.31 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.14 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -0.14 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.13 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.12 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.12 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.10 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.14 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -0.19 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.10 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.08 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.07 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 0.73 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -2.35 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 0.58 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 0.70 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | -0.13 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 0.24 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | -0.11 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 0.33 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | -0.12 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 0.21 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | -0.20 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 2.59 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 0.41 |