Growth Metrics

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

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DateValue
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%