Growth Metrics

Stepan (SCL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.01%, compared with a TTM value of 0.01% through Dec 2025, down 4.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.01%, down 5.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.01% for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.12% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital fell -13bps in 2023, then rose 7bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.07% in 2021, then crashed by -70bps to 0.02% in 2022, then tumbled by -70bps to 0.01% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 722bps to 0.05% in 2024, then tumbled by -87bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for SCL at 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.06% in Q2 2025.