Stepan (SCL) Net Margin (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Net Margin of 0.05% for Q4 2025, down 406.68% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q3 2025, and down 3.0% year-over-year from 0.05% in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Net Margin (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Net Margin history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.05% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.02% (down 1.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.01%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 0.05% for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 7.55% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.26% and a median of 0.0% in 2025 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Net Margin soared 143 bps — and 2022, when it slumped 762 bps.
  • Stepan's Net Margin stood at 2.79% in 2021, then sank by 38 bps to 1.73% in 2022, then plunged by 100 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then slumped by 4015 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then sank by 122 bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Net Margin at 0.05% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 21.18%
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 9.44%
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 24.04%
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 22.85%
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn -
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 1.71%
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn 22.89%
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 6.20%
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.83%
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn -0.05%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 -0.05%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 1.73%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.06%
Dec 31, 2021 2.79%
Sep 30, 2021 6.13%
Jun 30, 2021 7.27%
Mar 31, 2021 7.55%