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Stepan Company Common Stock

Materials · Chemicals Website · IPO May 1981
$51.08
▲ +$0.29 (+0.57%)
Vol 14K
Mkt Cap
$1.1B
P/E
24.2
ROE
3.8%
Margin
2.0%
Beta
1.00
Div Yield
3.11%
52W
$42–$68

Wall Street Consensus

5 analysts · Apr 2026
1
Strong Buy
3
Buy
1
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
80.0%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

Earnings

Beat rate: 25.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Dec 2025 $0.40 $-0.02 $-0.42
Sep 2025 $0.62 $0.48 $-0.14
Jun 2025 $0.91 $0.52 $-0.39
Mar 2025 $0.64 $0.84 +$0.20

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1…
Revenue $525.6M $593.3M $594.7M $590.3M $553.9M
Net Income $3.4M $19.7M $11.3M $10.8M $5.0M

Fundamentals Trend

Metric 2026-04-12 2026-04-17
ROE (TTM) 3.8% 3.8%
P/E (TTM) 25.31 24.21
Net Margin 2.0% 2.0%
Gross Margin 11.6% 11.6%
D/E Ratio
Current Ratio 1.29 1.29

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
2.0%
P/S (TTM)
0.49
P/B
0.9
EPS (TTM)
$2.05
CF/Share
$6.76
Rev Growth 3Y
-5.6%
52W High
$68.00
52W Low
$41.82
$41.82 52-Week Range $68.00

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
$25.4M
Net Debt
$543.4M
Cash
$132.7M
Total Debt
$676.0M
As of Dec 31, 2025

How does SCL compare to Chemicals peers?

Peer group: Peers · Chemicals (Peers) · 10 companies

SCL valuation vs Chemicals peers

P/E ratio
25.3
12% below peers (28.9)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/S ratio
0.5
61% below peers (1.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/B ratio
0.9
52% below peers (1.8)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
Div yield
3.1%
59% above peers (1.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Below avg

SCL profitability vs Chemicals peers

ROE
3.8%
163% above peers (-6.0%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Top tier
Net margin
2.0%
140% above peers (-5.1%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Top tier
Gross margin
11.6%
56% below peers (26.5%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
ROA
2.0%
180% above peers (-2.4%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Top tier

SCL financial health vs Chemicals peers

D/E ratio
0% below peers (199.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low debt
Current ratio
1.3
43% below peers (2.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low liquidity
Beta
1.0
17% below peers (1.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
More volatile

SCL fundamentals radar

SCL Peer median Industry

SCL profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

SCL vs peers: key metrics