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.

Revenue
+17.3%
EPS
+65.5%
Free cash flow
−4.42%
Total debt
−47.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

66.83 1.02 −1.50%
Market cap
$1.5B
P/E
361×
Fwd P/E
−435×
Dividend yield
2.33%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.54
Beneish M
−2.66
Dividend safety
65/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
21.75 18.22 15.13 22.92 21.58 20.68 16.12 52.79 29.28 23.10
Piotroski F-Score
6 7 6 5 7 4 5 5 6 5
P/S ratio
1.04 0.95 0.85 1.27 1.46 1.21 0.86 0.92 0.68 0.46
Altman Z-Score
4.18 4.21 4.25 4.69 4.69 4.14 3.47 3.06 2.68 2.54
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
5.01 5.46 5.81 5.80 5.75 4.79 4.22 3.69 3.49 3.71
P/FCF ratio
16.37 14.83 19.42 20.34 24.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 34.73 19.62
Beneish M-Score
(2.83) (2.64) (2.72) (2.61) (2.64) (1.69) (2.45) (2.60) (2.83) (2.66)
P/Operating CF
19.86 24.68 22.73 27.53 29.27 56.16 27.64 30.86 21.63 18.06
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 65
P/B ratio
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/EBITDA
9.52 7.80 7.29 11.01 10.21 11.67 9.23 16.18 10.96 7.71
EV/FCF
17.19 14.76 19.14 19.54 23.38 (25.78) (20.26) (32.27) 47.09 28.56
Current Ratio
2.31 2.46 2.46 2.41 2.17 1.83 1.56 1.40 1.21 1.29
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.45 (0.03) (0.10) (0.45) (0.60) 0.78 1.37 3.20 2.88 2.41
Debt/Equity
0.50 0.39 0.34 0.25 0.20 0.34 0.50 0.54 0.53 0.50
ROE
14.43% 14.64% 14.35% 12.13% 13.48% 13.36% 13.14% 3.37% 4.22% 3.89%
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%
Return on Tangible Assets
8.88% 9.45% 10.06% 9.22% 10.82% 10.91% 10.17% 2.77% 3.76% 3.32%
Average Days of Receivables
54.44 55.66 51.26 54.36 58.82 65.28 57.50 66.24 64.96 60.72
Earnings Yield
4.60% 5.49% 6.61% 4.36% 4.63% 4.84% 6.20% 1.89% 3.42% 4.33%
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.11% 6.75% 5.15% 4.92% 4.04% (4.16%) (5.80%) (3.86%) 2.88% 5.10%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.79 5.24 3.67 4.90 4.68 (5.31) (6.18) (3.75) 1.72 2.27
Book value per Share
27.90 32.29 35.10 38.71 43.07 46.86 51.19 53.41 51.24 54.39
Free Cash Flow
109.09 120.25 84.48 112.86 107.38 (121.70) (140.79) (85.46) 39.28 51.96
EV/EBIT
15.11 11.77 11.25 17.82 15.08 17.88 13.44 45.26 28.42 20.08
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026