Growth Metrics

Stepan (SCL) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025)

Stepan posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $1.3 billion for Q4 2025, up 753.2% year-on-year from $150.7 million in Q4 2024, and up 1027.62% on a QoQ basis from -$138.6 million in Q3 2025.

Stepan (SCL) has 16 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 753.2% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $1.3 billion (up 753.2% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.3 billion, up 753.2% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 stood at $1.3 billion, up from -$138.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $1.3 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$199.4 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$137.3 million (2021), against an average of $463.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings sank 117.74%; it then jumped 997.48% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$153.2 million in 2021, then declined by 9.32% to -$167.5 million in 2022, then surged by 850.67% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then sank by 115.65% to -$196.8 million in 2024, then surged by 753.2% to $1.3 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), -$138.6 million (Q3 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 17.64 Bn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 1.37 Bn
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 12.83 Bn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn -2.06 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 23.17 Bn
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 6.71 Bn
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn -259.11 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn -24.20 Bn
10 Stepan 1.20 Bn 1.07 Bn 51.52 Mn 1.29 Bn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 1.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -138.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -176.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -196.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -151.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -136.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -151.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 1.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -167.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -199.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -140.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -153.24 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -138.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -136.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -162.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -172.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 943.81 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 922.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -156.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -137.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -142.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -141.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -126.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 775.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -90.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -99.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -99.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 699.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 676.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 649.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 643.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -114.06 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 603.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 580.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -120.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -101.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 -108.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -83.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 -43.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -24.85 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 -29.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -29.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 -42.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -49.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -41.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -38.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 421.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -42.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 -32.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -41.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -34.35 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -14.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -25.60 Mn