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

67.89 0.04 +0.06%
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

Stepan Company (SCL) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Stepan Company (SCL) trades at a P/E ratio of 361×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2026) to 376× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 23.1× (21.09%)
FY2024 29.3× (44.54%)
FY2023 52.8× 227.44%
FY2022 16.1× (22.04%)
FY2021 20.7× (4.15%)
FY2020 21.6× (5.85%)
FY2019 22.9× 51.44%
FY2018 15.1× (16.93%)
FY2017 18.2× (16.26%)
FY2016 21.8× 46.67%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 332× —
Jun 2026 0.0× —
Mar 2026 0.0× —
Dec 2025 23.1× (4.10%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 376×
Ten-year median 19.6×
Current reading's percentile 100

P/E ratio against peers

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IOSP Innospec Inc. compare 13.9×
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KWR Quaker Houghton compare 27.2×
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SCL Stepan Company 361×
STDN Standard Nuclear Inc compare —
Specialty Chemicals industry median 24.5×
Basic Materials sector median 19.0×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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