SCL Financials Stepan

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated 30 h ago Overview →

Growth & profitability

Revenue has grown 4.5% per year over the past 5 years.
Net income has grown slower than revenue (-18.0% vs 4.5% per year).
Operating margin has contracted, at 3.4% in the latest year.
Free cash flow has declined 25.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

Total debt ($627M) exceeds cash ($133M); net debt is $494M.
Total debt has grown faster than revenue (25.8% vs 4.5% per year).
Total debt is 3.1× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 74.7% of earnings and 138.1% of free cash flow.
The dividend has grown 6.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Revenue & net income

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Free cash flow (CFO − capex)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FY	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	FCF	Total debt	Cash
2025	$2.3B	$47M	11.6%	3.4%	$25M	$627M	$133M
2024	$2.2B	$50M	12.5%	3.2%	$39M	$625M	$100M
2023	$2.3B	$40M	11.9%	2.5%	-$85M	$654M	$130M
2022	$2.8B	$147M	15.4%	7.5%	-$141M	$587M	$174M
2021	$2.3B	$138M	16.9%	7.3%	-$122M	$364M	$159M
2020	$1.9B	$127M	20.5%	9.2%	$109M	$199M	$350M
2019	$1.9B	$103M	18.3%	6.8%	$113M	$222M	$315M
2018	$2.0B	$111M	17.0%	7.5%	$84M	$276M	$300M
2017	$1.9B	$101M	18.0%	8.0%	$120M	$291M	$299M
2016	$1.8B	$86M	19.2%	7.2%	$109M	$317M	$226M
2015	—	$76M	—	—	—	$331M	$176M
2014	—	$57M	—	—	—	$274M	$85M
2013	—	$73M	—	—	$57M	$271M	$133M
2012	—	$79M	—	—	$26M	$182M	$77M
2011	—	$72M	—	—	-$6M	$199M	$84M

Revenue & net income

RevenueNet income

Margins (gross / operating / net)

GrossOperatingNet

Free cash flow (CFO − capex, quarterly)

Free cash flow

Cash vs total debt

CashTotal debt

Cash flow: operating / investing / financing

OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key quarterly figures

Quarter	Revenue	Net income	Gross M	Op M	FCF	Total debt	Cash
Mar '26	$605M	-$41M	10.7%	-8.2%	-$14M	$652M	$141M
Dec '25	$554M	$5M	9.3%	1.9%	$25M	$627M	$133M
Sep '25	$590M	$11M	12.0%	3.7%	$40M	$655M	$119M
Jun '25	$595M	$11M	12.1%	3.0%	-$14M	$658M	$89M
Mar '25	$593M	$20M	12.7%	4.8%	-$26M	$659M	$107M
Dec '24	$526M	$3M	10.8%	1.5%	$32M	$625M	$100M
Sep '24	$547M	$24M	13.8%	4.4%	-$4M	$689M	$147M
Jun '24	$556M	$10M	12.5%	3.4%	-$208000	$657M	$125M
Mar '24	$551M	$14M	12.7%	3.7%	$11M	$646M	$126M
Dec '23	$532M	-$1M	12.5%	0.0%	$22M	$654M	$130M
Sep '23	$562M	$13M	12.7%	3.5%	$16M	$649M	$106M
Jun '23	$580M	$13M	11.4%	3.1%	$40M	$683M	$134M
Mar '23	$651M	$16M	11.3%	3.2%	-$164M	$711M	$127M
Dec '22	$627M	$11M	10.8%	1.9%	-$10M	$587M	$174M
Sep '22	$719M	$39M	16.5%	7.6%	-$39M	$565M	$166M
Jun '22	$752M	$52M	17.5%	10.3%	-$10M	$526M	$195M
Mar '22	$675M	$45M	16.2%	9.4%	-$81M	$537M	$236M
Dec '21	$610M	$17M	13.6%	3.3%	-$24M	$364M	$159M
Sep '21	$603M	$37M	15.2%	6.7%	-$48M	$280M	$105M
Jun '21	$596M	$43M	18.8%	9.5%	-$843000	$239M	$127M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced SCL against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

The price-to-earnings ratio has risen from 15.9× (Mar '23) to 26.9× (Jun '26).
The price-to-sales ratio has fallen from 0.8× (Mar '23) to 0.5× (Jun '26).
The dividend yield has risen from 1.3% (Mar '23) to 2.8% (Jun '26).

Price / earnings (P/E)

P/E

Price / sales (P/S)

P/S

Dividend yield (%)

Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is SCL growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Stepan's revenue has grown 4.5% per year, and net income declined 18.0% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does SCL have?

As of FY2025, Stepan reported $627M of total debt against $133M of cash.

What is SCL's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 11.6%, operating margin 3.4%, and net margin 2.0%.

What is SCL's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Stepan traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 26.9× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.