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Stepan (SCL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Stepan's Gross Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 9.3% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 149.0% year-over-year to 9.3%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 11.57%, down 91.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 11.57%, 91.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 9.3% in Q4 2025 per SCL's latest filing, down from 12.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 20.27% in Q1 2021 to a low of 9.3% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 13.64%, with a median of 12.7% recorded in 2023.
  • The largest YoY upside for Gross Margin was 265bps in 2021 against a maximum downside of -834bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 13.65% in 2021, then fell by -21bps to 10.8% in 2022, then increased by 16bps to 12.48% in 2023, then fell by -14bps to 10.79% in 2024, then decreased by -14bps to 9.3% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SCL's Gross Margin are 9.3% (Q4 2025), 12.03% (Q3 2025), and 12.09% (Q2 2025).