Stepan (SCL) Share-based Compensation (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Share-based Compensation of $1.5 million for Q4 2025, down 79.64% on a QoQ basis from $7.5 million in Q3 2025, and up 76.59% year-over-year from $867000.0 in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Share-based Compensation (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Share-based Compensation history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.5 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 76.59% year-over-year to $1.5 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $5.5 million (up 2.13% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $6.8 million, up 27.88% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $1.5 million for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from $7.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $7.5 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $867000.0 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $2.5 million and a median of $1.9 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Share-based Compensation sank 75.01% — and 2025, when it jumped 384.85%.
  • Stepan's Share-based Compensation stood at $3.6 million in 2021, then increased by 5.26% to $3.8 million in 2022, then slumped by 46.24% to $2.1 million in 2023, then slumped by 57.99% to $867000.0 in 2024, then soared by 76.59% to $1.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Share-based Compensation at $1.5 million in Q4 2025, $7.5 million in Q3 2025, and $1.7 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 41.00 Mn
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 29.50 Mn
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 27.10 Mn
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 15.90 Mn
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 11.00 Mn
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 47.00 Mn
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 16.00 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 16.00 Mn
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn 1.53 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.53 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.52 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 867,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 867,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 1.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.56 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 1.37 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.52 Mn