Stepan (SCL) Research & Development (2010 - 2025)

Stepan's Research & Development history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $5.2 million for Q4 2025.

• Quarterly Research & Development fell 62.36% year-over-year to $5.2 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $48.8 million (down 12.41% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $48.8 million, down 12.41% from the prior year.
• Research & Development was $5.2 million for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from $14.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $20.7 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $5.2 million in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of $14.4 million and a median of $14.6 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Research & Development surged 39.04% — and 2025, when it sank 62.36%.
• Stepan's Research & Development stood at $14.9 million in 2021, then jumped by 39.04% to $20.7 million in 2022, then slipped by 26.08% to $15.3 million in 2023, then fell by 9.96% to $13.8 million in 2024, then plunged by 62.36% to $5.2 million in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows SCL's Research & Development at $5.2 million in Q4 2025, $14.2 million in Q3 2025, and $14.7 million in Q2 2025.