Stepan (SCL) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2025)
Stepan posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 0.73% for Q4 2025, down 344.0% year-on-year from 0.3% in Q4 2024, and down 83.52% on a QoQ basis from 4.42% in Q3 2025.
Stepan (SCL) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.73% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 344.0% year-over-year to 0.73%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.73% (down 344.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.76%, down 348.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 0.73%, down from 4.42% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.61% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 5.42% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.98% (2024), against an average of 4.3%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed plunged 1804 bps; it then jumped 922 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.31% in 2021, then tumbled by 80 bps to 2.31% in 2022, then jumped by 46 bps to 3.37% in 2023, then grew by 24 bps to 4.17% in 2024, then slumped by 83 bps to 0.73% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.73% (Q4 2025), 4.42% (Q3 2025), and 4.5% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 230.79 Bn | 226.84 Bn | 4.26 Bn | 12.89% |
| 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 | 20.78% |
| 4 | Ecolab | 70.96 Bn | 70.34 Bn | 1.85 Bn | 14.59% |
| 5 | Air Products & Chemicals | 62.15 Bn | 63.70 Bn | 987.40 Mn | 6.05% |
| 6 | Ppg Industries | 25.04 Bn | 23.57 Bn | 1.66 Bn | 13.59% |
| 7 | LyondellBasell Industries | 21.62 Bn | 21.73 Bn | 701.00 Mn | -1.10% |
| 8 | Albemarle | 20.26 Bn | 19.42 Bn | 500.97 Mn | 6.09% |
| 9 | DuPont de Nemours | 19.45 Bn | 19.56 Bn | 602.00 Mn | 7.03% |
| 10 | Stepan | 1.20 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 51.52 Mn | 0.73% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.42% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.50% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.89% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.17% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.43% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.37% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -5.42% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -3.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.15% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.31% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 12.25% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.31% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.17% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.44% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.76% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.83% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 12.75% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 11.70% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 11.16% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 10.52% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 10.91% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 10.86% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 11.24% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 12.81% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 12.64% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 12.76% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 11.93% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 12.77% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 11.08% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 11.13% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 11.72% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 12.07% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 12.72% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 14.09% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 12.86% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 12.28% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 11.68% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 10.26% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 11.29% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 9.85% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 10.38% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 11.51% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 11.47% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 12.25% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 13.73% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 15.24% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 16.34% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 17.63% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 17.58% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 17.61% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 18.36% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 17.86% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 16.97% |