Stepan Company

SCL Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Stepan Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.3 billion, up 6.96% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 15.0%, EPS grew 100.0%, free cash flow fell 4.42% and total debt fell 1.62%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

62.03 0.16 +0.26%
Market cap
$1.4B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
2,564×
Dividend yield
2.55%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.54
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
65/100

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Insider Ownership 5.66%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 1,410.00
Revenue 2,432.79
Net Income (2.65)
Free Cash Flow 63.17
Net Debt 533.65
Current Ratio 1.15
Debt/Equity 0.53
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 2,564.00 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 0.58
P/B ratio 1.17
Past 5Y EPS Growth (17.76%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 47.80% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 37.17% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 8.57%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 28.24% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 13.23%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 13.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 12.57%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 69.58%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 1.58
Annual Dividend Yield 2.55%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
2025 1.55
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.40
2024 1.51
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.39
2023 1.47
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.38
2022 1.74
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.37
0.37
2021 1.25
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.34
2020 1.13
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.31
2019 1.03
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.28
2018 0.93
0.23
0.23
0.23
0.25
2017 0.84
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.23
2016 0.78
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.21
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 130 100 133 114
Receivables 422 388 388 492
Inventory 266 289 299 324
Other 34 34 39 44
852 810 859 975
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 233 259 262 322
ST’ Debt 253 293 286 403
Other — — — —
608 669 666 847

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.76% 4.52% (5.61%)
Cash Flow (2.15%) (8.86%) (2.75%)
Earnings (4.71%) (18.04%) (31.70%)
Book Value 8.34% 4.71% 2.18%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 605 684 — — —
’25 593 595 590 554 2,332
’24 551 556 547 526 2,180
’23 651 580 562 532 2,326
’22 675 752 719 627 2,773
’21 538 596 603 610 2,346
’20 450 461 464 495 1,870
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 17 8 — — —
’25 7 11 70 60 148
’24 42 30 23 68 162
’23 (72) 108 70 69 175
’22 (21) 59 37 86 161
’21 (12) 36 (3) 51 72
’20 (6) 65 83 94 235
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (14) (15) — — —
’25 (26) (14) 40 52 52
’24 11 0 (4) 32 39
’23 (164) 40 16 22 (85)
’22 (81) (10) (39) (10) (141)
’21 (53) (1) (44) (24) (122)
’20 (42) 44 53 53 107
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1.81) 1.00 — — —
’25 0.86 0.50 0.47 0.22 2.05
’24 0.61 0.42 1.03 0.15 2.20
’23 0.70 0.55 0.55 (0.05) 1.75
’22 1.93 2.26 1.71 0.47 6.38
’21 1.74 1.85 1.59 0.73 5.92
’20 1.18 1.54 1.43 1.30 5.45
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 41.42 68.51 68.09 72.11 69.33 109.08 91.64 63.60 63.77 41.82

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 87.00 92.97 90.96 102.96 129.62 139.30 126.24 114.49 95.33 65.90
People
People Employees 2,145 2,096 2,250 2,284 2,293 2,439 2,453 2,389 2,396 2,328
Revenue/emp, $m 0.82 0.92 0.89 0.81 0.82 0.96 1.13 0.97 0.91 1.00
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,766 1,925 1,994 1,859 1,870 2,346 2,773 2,326 2,180 2,332
Gross margin, % 19.21 17.98 17.02 18.28 20.52 16.87 15.40 11.94 12.49 11.57
EBT 114 147 138 126 171 173 189 48 60 60
EBT margin, % 6.44 7.63 6.91 6.77 9.15 7.35 6.80 2.08 2.77 2.57
Net income 86 101 111 103 128 138 147 40 50 47
Depreciation 75 79 81 79 82 91 95 105 112 126
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 77.49 83.89 86.61 80.63 81.47 102.35 121.74 102.11 95.49 101.96
Earnings 3.78 3.99 4.90 4.47 5.52 6.01 6.46 1.77 2.21 2.05
Cash flow 9.31 8.67 7.43 9.47 10.25 3.15 7.06 7.68 7.10 6.47
Capex (4.52) (3.43) (3.76) (4.58) (5.57) (8.46) (13.24) (11.43) (5.38) (4.19)
Free cash flow 4.79 5.24 3.67 4.90 4.68 (5.31) (6.18) (3.75) 1.72 2.27
Book value 27.90 32.29 35.10 38.71 43.07 46.86 51.19 53.41 51.24 54.39
Shares, m 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.75 18.22 15.13 22.92 21.58 20.68 16.12 52.79 29.28 23.10
P/S 1.04 0.95 0.85 1.27 1.46 1.21 0.86 0.92 0.68 0.46
P/B 2.89 2.47 2.11 2.65 2.77 2.65 2.03 1.75 1.26 0.87
EV/Sales 1.09 0.95 0.84 1.22 1.38 1.30 1.00 1.14 0.92 0.68
EV/FCF 17.19 14.76 19.14 19.54 23.38 (25.78) (20.26) (32.27) 47.09 28.56
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 212 199 171 218 235 72 161 175 162 148
Capex (103) (79) (87) (106) (128) (194) (302) (260) (123) (96)
Free cash flow 109 120 84 113 107 (122) (141) (85) 39 52
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 388 468 495 480 489 413 374 244 141 192
Total debt 317 291 276 222 199 364 587 654 625 627
Net debt 91 (8) (24) (93) (151) 204 413 524 526 494
Shareholders’ equity 636 741 808 892 988 1,074 1,166 1,216 1,170 1,244
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.65 7.14 7.44 6.67 7.61 7.22 6.54 1.68 2.16 2.01
ROIC 10.99 13.21 11.90 9.95 12.81 8.35 8.20 2.10 2.60 2.82
ROE 14.43 14.64 14.35 12.13 13.48 13.36 13.14 3.37 4.22 3.89
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Stepan Company vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NGVT Ingevity Corporation $2.4B 45.3× 18.5× −5.25% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −136.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.25% 19.13% Compare
IOSP Innospec Inc. $2.4B 19.7× 16.3× +11.76% (above 0%: growing) +32.98% (above 0%: growing) −63.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.14% 8.08% Compare
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. $2.0B — (loss-making) 12.4× +3.69% (above 0%: growing) n/m +5.92% (above 0%: growing) 24.40% (40.17%) Compare
CC The Chemours Company $1.9B — (loss-making) 16.9× −1.49% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +128.00% (above 0%: growing) 17.98% (13.39%) Compare
SCL Stepan Company $1.4B — (loss-making) 2,564× +15.04% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) −4.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.61% 5.44%
ECVT Ecovyst Inc. $1.1B — (loss-making) 18.2× +41.97% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) −66.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 19.94% 7.75% Compare
ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America $1.1B 18.3× 37.5× +3.26% (above 0%: growing) +8.03% (above 0%: growing) −20.76% (below 0%: shrinking) 27.83% 14.11% Compare
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc $851.7M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +12.88% (above 0%: growing) n/m +291.58% (above 0%: growing) 18.42% 6.74% Compare
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. $821.5M — (loss-making) 583× +3.03% (above 0%: growing) n/m −2.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.96% (31.92%) Compare
Median of peers $1.5B 19.7× 18.2× +3.48% +32.98% −11.80% 22.68% 7.25%

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Stepan Company (SCL) key facts

  • Strength: Stepan Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.3 billion, up 6.96% from fiscal 2024.
  • Stepan Company (SCL) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SCL traded at $62.03, a market capitalization of $1.4 billion.
  • Stepan Company pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share, a yield of 2.55%.
  • Return on equity was 3.89% and debt-to-equity 0.53.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.54 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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