Stepan Company (SCL)

NYSE Materials Specialty Chemicals S&P SmallCap 600
$66.94
-0.91 (-1.34%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Stepan Company's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 05, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$1.77B$1.93B$1.99B$1.86B$1.87B$2.35B$2.77B$2.33B$2.18B$2.33B
Cost of revenue$1.43B$1.58B$1.65B$1.52B$1.49B$1.95B$2.35B$2.05B$1.91B$2.06B
Gross profit$339.27M$346.17M$339.35M$339.71M$383.61M$395.81M$427.07M$277.60M$272.21M$269.89M
Research & development$34.86M$33.17M$33.52M$34.14M$36.00M$38.78M$40.90M$35.73M$33.54M$34.80M
Operating income$127.83M$154.84M$149.26M$127.26M$171.52M$170.78M$207.34M$58.61M$70.48M$78.55M
Interest expense—$14.43M$13.36M$12.74M$9.86M$10.14M$17.85M$29.36M$33.03M$30.77M
Pre-tax income$113.82M$146.88M$137.77M$125.90M$171.07M$172.54M$188.70M$48.39M$60.44M$59.90M
Income tax$27.62M$46.14M$26.66M$22.80M$43.41M$34.64M$41.55M$8.19M$10.07M$13.01M
Net income$86.19M$100.77M$111.12M$103.13M$126.77M$137.80M$147.15M$40.20M$50.37M$46.90M
EBITDA$202.80M$233.86M$230.38M$205.96M$253.38M$261.66M$301.99M$163.95M$182.68M$204.59M
EPS (basic)$3.78$4.39$4.83$4.47$5.52$6.01$6.46$1.77$2.21$2.05
EPS (diluted)$3.73$4.31$4.76$4.42$5.45$5.92$6.38$1.75$2.20$2.05
Diluted shares23.09M23.38M23.32M23.32M23.26M23.29M23.06M22.95M22.93M22.89M
Gross margin19.2%18.0%17.0%18.3%20.5%16.9%15.4%11.9%12.5%11.6%
Operating margin7.2%8.0%7.5%6.8%9.2%7.3%7.5%2.5%3.2%3.4%
Net margin4.9%5.2%5.6%5.5%6.8%5.9%5.3%1.7%2.3%2.0%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$225.74M$298.89M$300.19M$315.38M$349.94M$159.19M$173.75M$129.82M$99.67M$132.69M
Receivables$263.41M$293.54M$280.02M$276.84M$301.32M$419.54M$436.91M$422.05M$388.03M$387.96M
Inventory$173.66M$172.75M$231.53M$203.65M$218.78M$305.54M$402.53M$265.56M$288.72M$298.83M
Total current assets$685.54M$788.74M$833.89M$818.79M$905.65M$913.37M$1.04B$851.88M$810.43M$858.96M
Goodwill$25.31M$25.12M$22.95M$26.09M$27.97M$97.19M$95.92M$97.44M$91.37M$92.57M
Total assets$1.35B$1.50B$1.51B$1.58B$1.75B$2.07B$2.43B$2.36B$2.30B$2.36B
Total current liabilities$297.26M$320.25M$338.58M$339.11M$416.55M$500.48M$670.65M$607.87M$669.03M$666.49M
Short-term debt$28.15M$22.50M$37.06M$23.57M$37.86M$40.72M$132.11M$252.90M$292.81M$285.74M
Long-term debt$288.86M$268.30M$239.02M$198.53M$160.81M$322.86M$455.03M$401.25M$332.63M$340.98M
Total debt$317.01M$290.80M$276.08M$222.10M$198.67M$363.58M$587.14M$654.15M$625.44M$626.71M
Total liabilities$719.29M$730.76M$707.19M$687.58M$765.64M$991.42M$1.27B$1.15B$1.13B$1.11B
Shareholders' equity$634.60M$740.10M$807.42M$891.78M$986.69M$1.07B$1.17B$1.22B$1.17B$1.24B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$212.16M$198.86M$171.13M$218.43M$235.22M$72.14M$160.76M$174.88M$162.05M$147.88M
Capital expenditures$103.08M$78.61M$86.65M$105.57M$125.79M$194.48M$301.55M$260.33M$122.78M$122.51M
Free cash flow$109.09M$120.25M$84.48M$112.86M$109.42M-$122.35M-$140.79M-$85.46M$39.28M$25.37M
Investing cash flow-$130.52M-$82.68M-$107.81M-$112.67M-$139.03M-$376.83M-$308.09M-$258.67M-$116.94M-$89.05M
Financing cash flow-$29.77M-$50.50M-$51.65M-$90.49M-$64.93M$117.33M$166.21M$33.28M-$64.52M-$35.44M
Dividends paid$17.33M$18.91M$20.86M$23.10M$25.41M$28.08M$30.57M$32.87M$33.95M$35.03M
Share buybacks$2.41M$6.00M$15.50M$13.18M$15.25M$16.97M$24.95M———
Stock-based compensation$12.62M$7.15M$6.84M$8.87M$10.08M$11.72M$13.85M$5.74M$5.35M$6.00M
Depreciation & amortization$74.97M$79.02M$81.11M$78.70M$81.86M$90.88M$94.65M$105.34M$112.20M$126.04M

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.