Stepan (SCL) Operating Margin (2010 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly Operating Margin of 10.01% for Q4 2025, down 1148.0% year-on-year from 0.96% in Q4 2024, and down 371.23% on a QoQ basis from 3.69% in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 10.01% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 1148.0% year-over-year to 10.01%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.54% (down 269.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.54%, down 269.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 10.01%, 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.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 3.56% (2023), against an average of 2.8%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin slumped 2815 bps; it then soared 2492 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 3.28% in 2021, then slumped by 859 bps to 24.88% in 2022, then jumped by 100 bps to 0.04% in 2023, then soared by 3287 bps to 1.46% in 2024, then tumbled by 784 bps to 10.01% in 2025.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 10.01% (Q4 2025), 3.69% (Q3 2025), and 3.02% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 27.78% |
| 2 | Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile | 127.66 Bn | 124.93 Bn | 778.60 Mn | 47.01% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 72.51 Bn | 72.30 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 14.31% |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 16.97% |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 23.73% |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 14.05% |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | 3.32% |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 35.06% |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 17.85% |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | -10.01% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -10.01% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.69% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.77% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.46% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.38% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.66% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.47% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.07% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.23% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -24.88% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.60% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 10.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.38% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.28% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.67% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 9.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 10.03% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -18.41% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 9.13% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 9.69% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 8.89% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 6.40% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 6.19% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 8.68% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 6.08% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 7.60% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 5.34% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 8.73% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 8.27% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 6.63% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 6.24% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 7.90% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 9.87% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 2.36% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 6.46% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 9.44% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 10.00% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 4.82% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 8.74% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 6.32% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 7.64% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 4.53% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 7.32% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 4.72% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 2.93% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 6.54% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.56% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 6.20% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 5.76% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 7.69% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 7.41% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 7.61% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 4.76% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 6.69% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 7.14% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 7.06% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 3.69% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 8.49% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 8.12% |