Growth Metrics

Stepan (SCL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) has disclosed Gross Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 9.3% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 149.0% year-over-year to 9.3%, compared with a TTM value of 11.57% through Dec 2025, down 91.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 11.57%, down 91.0% over the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 9.3% for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from 12.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 20.27% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 9.3% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 13.64%, with a median of 12.7% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak annual rise in Gross Margin hit 265bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -834bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin 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.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for SCL at 9.3% in Q4 2025, 12.03% in Q3 2025, and 12.09% in Q2 2025.