Stepan (SCL) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Retained Earnings of -$139.0 million for Q4 2025, little changed on a QoQ basis from -$138.6 million in Q3 2025, and up 29.4% year-over-year from -$107.4 million in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Retained Earnings history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$139.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 29.4% year-over-year to -$139.0 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was -$139.0 million (up 29.4% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$139.0 million, up 29.4% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was -$139.0 million for Q4 2025 at Stepan, roughly flat from -$138.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $1.3 billion in Q3 2024 and bottomed at -$199.4 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $320.8 million and a median of -$137.4 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Retained Earnings jumped 928.13% — and 2022, when it slumped 115.89%.
  • Stepan's Retained Earnings stood at $1.1 billion in 2021, then rose by 10.28% to $1.3 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 110.45% to -$130.6 million in 2023, then slumped by 50.72% to -$196.8 million in 2024, then climbed by 29.4% to -$139.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Retained Earnings at -$139.0 million in Q4 2025, -$138.6 million in Q3 2025, and -$139.9 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 17.64 Bn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn -586.80 Mn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 12.83 Bn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn -2.06 Bn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn -2.18 Bn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn -1.29 Bn
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn -1.51 Bn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn -24.20 Bn
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn -138.97 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 -138.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -138.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -139.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -176.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -196.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -161.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -136.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -130.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -132.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 1.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -199.37 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -173.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -156.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 1.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -154.44 Mn