Stepan (SCL) Net Margin (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly Net Margin of 8.5% for Q4 2025, down 112.0% year-on-year from 70.81% in Q4 2024, and up 2507951.05% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 8.5% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Net Margin fell 112.0% year-over-year to 8.5%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 2.02% (down 29.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.01%, down 30.0% from the prior year.
- Net Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 8.5%, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 9.62% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.22% in Q4 2023.
- The 5-year median for Net Margin is 2.36% (2023), against an average of 3.46%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Net Margin slumped 475 bps; it then surged 984 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 2.79% in 2021, then slumped by 38 bps to 1.73% in 2022, then slumped by 113 bps to 0.22% in 2023, then jumped by 4389 bps to 9.62% in 2024, then dropped by 12 bps to 8.5% in 2025.
- The last three Net Margin figures came in at 8.5% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q3 2025), and 0.0% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 3.95% |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | 25.06% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 9.44% |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 13.55% |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 22.85% |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | - |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | 1.71% |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 28.46% |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 0.83% |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 8.50% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.50% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 9.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -0.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -0.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.19% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.73% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.64% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.79% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.13% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.27% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 7.55% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 6.13% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 7.14% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 7.75% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 6.12% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 4.95% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 5.73% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 6.39% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 5.11% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 5.13% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 4.28% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 6.44% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 6.40% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 4.03% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 4.49% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 5.63% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 6.82% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 2.00% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 4.80% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 6.27% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 6.26% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 3.07% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 5.61% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 3.74% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 4.62% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.37% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 2.75% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 4.83% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 2.73% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 2.25% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 4.29% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 4.79% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 4.17% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 3.61% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 4.59% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 4.56% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 4.76% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 3.09% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 3.84% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 4.37% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 4.45% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 2.39% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 5.24% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 4.66% |