Stepan (SCL) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 1.66 for Q4 2025, down 14.95% on a QoQ basis from 1.95 in Q3 2025, and up 34.43% year-over-year from 1.23 in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Interest Coverage Ratio history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 1.66 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio rose 34.43% year-over-year to 1.66 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 3.28 (up 5.26% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.74, up 15.98% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 1.66 for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from 1.95 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 19.76 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.05 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 6.52 and a median of 4.06 in 2023 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Interest Coverage Ratio plunged 97.91% — and 2024, when it soared 2362.82%.
  • Stepan's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 3.16 in 2021, then decreased by 23.92% to 2.4 in 2022, then slumped by 97.91% to 0.05 in 2023, then surged by 2362.82% to 1.23 in 2024, then surged by 34.43% to 1.66 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Interest Coverage Ratio at 1.66 in Q4 2025, 1.95 in Q3 2025, and 2.16 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 39.34
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 5.08
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 8.59
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 15.21
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 6.26
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.55
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -15.41
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.62
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 1.44
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn 1.66

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.66
Sep 30, 2025 1.95
Jun 30, 2025 2.16
Mar 31, 2025 4.18
Dec 31, 2024 1.23
Sep 30, 2024 5.18
Jun 30, 2024 4.17
Mar 31, 2024 2.77
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 4.39
Jun 30, 2023 3.96
Mar 31, 2023 3.51
Dec 31, 2022 2.40
Sep 30, 2022 14.00
Jun 30, 2022 19.76
Mar 31, 2022 15.55
Dec 31, 2021 3.16
Sep 30, 2021 11.72
Jun 30, 2021 14.74
Mar 31, 2021 13.81