Stepan (SCL) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2025)

Stepan (SCL) posted Times Interest Earned of $1.66 for Q4 2025, down 14.95% on a QoQ basis from $1.95 in Q3 2025, and up 34.43% year-over-year from $1.23 in Q4 2024.

Stepan (SCL) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Stepan's Times Interest Earned history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.66 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned rose 34.43% year-over-year to $1.66 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $3.28 (up 5.26% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.74, up 15.98% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned was $1.66 for Q4 2025 at Stepan, down from $1.95 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $19.76 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $0.05 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $6.52 and a median of $4.06 in 2023 frame the typical range for Times Interest Earned.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Times Interest Earned plunged 97.91% — and 2024, when it soared 2362.82%.
  • Stepan's Times Interest Earned stood at $3.16 in 2021, then decreased by 23.92% to $2.4 in 2022, then slumped by 97.91% to $0.05 in 2023, then surged by 2362.82% to $1.23 in 2024, then surged by 34.43% to $1.66 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SCL's Times Interest Earned at $1.66 in Q4 2025, $1.95 in Q3 2025, and $2.16 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.95 Bn 233.99 Bn 4.26 Bn 39.34
2 Sherwin Williams 78.17 Bn 77.95 Bn 2.78 Bn 5.08
3 Ecolab 76.02 Bn 75.37 Bn 1.85 Bn 8.59
4 Air Products & Chemicals 66.38 Bn 65.43 Bn 987.40 Mn 15.21
5 Ppg Industries 26.02 Bn 24.40 Bn 1.66 Bn 6.26
6 LyondellBasell Industries 22.51 Bn 19.87 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.55
7 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 19.70 Bn 15.83 Bn 778.60 Mn -15.41
8 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.51 Bn 18.95 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.62
9 DuPont de Nemours 18.80 Bn 18.71 Bn 602.00 Mn 1.44
10 Stepan 1.32 Bn 1.19 Bn 51.52 Mn 1.66

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.66
Sep 30, 2025 1.95
Jun 30, 2025 2.16
Mar 31, 2025 4.18
Dec 31, 2024 1.23
Sep 30, 2024 5.18
Jun 30, 2024 4.17
Mar 31, 2024 2.77
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 4.39
Jun 30, 2023 3.96
Mar 31, 2023 3.51
Dec 31, 2022 2.40
Sep 30, 2022 14.00
Jun 30, 2022 19.76
Mar 31, 2022 15.55
Dec 31, 2021 3.16
Sep 30, 2021 11.72
Jun 30, 2021 14.74
Mar 31, 2021 13.81