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Stepan (SCL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) has disclosed Operating Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 10.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1148.0% year-over-year to 10.01%, compared with a TTM value of 0.54% through Dec 2025, down 269.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.54%, down 269.0% over the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 10.01% for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from 3.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 10.33% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 24.88% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 2.35%, with a median of 3.56% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin crashed -2815bps in 2022, then skyrocketed 1581bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 3.28% in 2021, then tumbled by -859bps to 24.88% in 2022, then soared by 64bps to 9.06% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 116bps to 1.46% in 2024, then plummeted by -784bps to 10.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for SCL at 10.01% in Q4 2025, 3.69% in Q3 2025, and 3.02% in Q2 2025.