SequelSEC

STEPAN CO SCL

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics · CIK 0000094049 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$2.33B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$78.55M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$25.37M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

STEPAN CO (SCL) reported revenue of $2.33B and net income of $46.90M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from STEPAN CO’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics.

Income

STEPAN CO income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$2.33B$2.18B$2.33B$2.77B$2.35B$1.87B$1.86B$1.99B$1.93B$1.77B
Cost of revenue$2.06B$1.91B$2.05B$2.35B$1.95B$1.49B$1.52B$1.65B$1.58B$1.43B
Gross profit$269.89M$272.21M$277.60M$427.07M$395.81M$383.61M$339.71M$339.35M$346.17M$339.27M
Operating income$78.55M$70.48M$58.61M$207.34M$170.78M$171.52M$127.26M$149.26M$154.84M$127.83M
Net income$46.90M$50.37M$40.20M$147.15M$137.80M$126.77M$103.13M$111.12M$100.77M$86.19M
Research & development$34.80M$33.54M$35.73M$40.90M$38.78M$36.00M$34.14M$33.52M$33.17M$34.86M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 22.89Mshares 22.93Mshares 22.95Mshares 23.06Mshares 23.29Mshares 23.26Mshares 23.32Mshares 23.32Mshares 23.38Mshares 23.09M
Pretax income$59.90M$60.44M$48.39M$188.70M$172.54M$171.07M$125.90M$137.77M$146.88M$113.82M
Income tax expense$13.01M$10.07M$8.19M$41.55M$34.64M$43.41M$22.80M$26.66M$46.14M$27.62M
Diluted EPS$2.05$2.20$1.75$6.38$5.92$5.45$4.42$4.76$4.31$3.73
Selling, general & administrative$139.56M$143.90M$141.57M$161.21M$152.09M$142.90M$139.53M$135.56M$129.70M$131.79M
General & administrative$90.79M$98.28M$93.20M$102.18M$92.91M$87.36M$82.58M$79.24M$75.62M$74.87M
Selling & marketing$48.77M$45.63M$48.37M$59.03M$59.19M$55.54M$56.96M$56.32M$54.09M$56.92M

Balance

STEPAN CO balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$132.69M$99.66M$129.82M$173.75M$159.19M$349.94M$315.38M$300.19M$298.89M$225.74M
Total assets$2.36B$2.30B$2.36B$2.43B$2.07B$1.75B$1.58B$1.51B$1.50B$1.35B
Current assets$858.96M$810.43M$851.88M$1.04B$913.37M$905.65M$818.79M$833.89M$788.74M$685.54M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$666.49M$669.03M$607.87M$670.65M$500.48M$416.55M$339.11M$338.58M$320.25M$297.26M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.24B$1.17B$1.22B$1.17B$1.07B$988.36M$892.50M$808.18M$766.22M$652.02M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$298.83M$288.72M$265.56M$402.53M$305.54M$218.78M$203.65M$231.53M$172.75M$173.66M
Accounts receivable$387.96M$388.03M$422.05M$436.91M$419.54M$301.32M$276.84M$280.02M$293.54M$263.41M
Goodwill$92.57M$91.37M$97.44M$95.92M$97.19M$27.97M$26.09M$22.95M$25.12M$25.31M
Long-term debt$340.98M$332.63M$401.25M$455.03M$322.86M$160.81M$198.53M$239.02M$268.30M$288.86M
Accounts payable$261.72M$258.79M$233.03M$375.73M$323.36M$236.75M$194.28M$205.95M$204.98M$158.32M

Cash flow

STEPAN CO cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$147.88M$162.05M$174.88M$160.76M$72.14M$235.22M$218.43M$171.13M$198.86M$212.16M
Capital expenditures$122.51M$122.78M$260.34M$301.55M$194.48M$125.79M$105.57M$86.65M$78.61M$103.08M
Investing cash flow-$89.05M-$116.94M-$258.67M-$308.09M-$376.83M-$139.03M-$112.67M-$107.82M-$82.68M-$130.52M
Financing cash flow-$35.44M-$64.52M$33.28M$166.21M$117.33M-$64.93M-$90.49M-$51.65M-$50.50M-$29.77M
Net change in cash$33.02M-$30.16M-$43.93M$14.56M-$190.75M$34.56M$15.19M$1.30M$73.15M$49.60M
Stock-based compensation$6.00M$5.35M$5.74M$13.85M$11.72M$10.08M$8.87M$6.84M$7.15M$12.62M
Common dividends paid$35.03M$33.95M$32.87M$30.57M$28.08M$25.40M$23.10M$20.86M$18.91M$17.33M
Common share repurchasesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$24.95M$16.97M$15.25M$13.18M$15.50M$6.00M$2.41M
Depreciation & amortization$126.04M$112.20M$105.34M$94.65M$90.88M$81.86M$78.70M$81.12M$79.02M$74.97M

Derived

STEPAN CO derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$25.37M$39.28M-$85.46M-$140.79M-$122.35M$109.42M$112.86M$84.48M$120.25M$109.09M
Gross margin11.6%12.5%11.9%15.4%16.9%20.5%18.3%17.0%18.0%19.2%
Operating margin3.4%3.2%2.5%7.5%7.3%9.2%6.8%7.5%8.0%7.2%
FCF margin1.1%1.8%-3.7%-5.1%-5.2%5.9%6.1%4.2%6.2%6.2%
SBC / revenue0.3%0.2%0.2%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.3%0.4%0.7%
Current ratio1.29x1.21x1.40x1.56x1.82x2.17x2.41x2.46x2.46x2.31x
Revenue YoY growth7.0%-6.3%-16.1%18.2%25.5%0.6%-6.8%3.6%9.0%Unavailable
Net margin2.0%2.3%1.7%5.3%5.9%6.8%5.5%5.6%5.2%4.9%
R&D / revenue1.5%1.5%1.5%1.5%1.7%1.9%1.8%1.7%1.7%2.0%
CapEx / revenue5.3%5.6%11.2%10.9%8.3%6.7%5.7%4.3%4.1%5.8%
Long-term debt / equity0.27xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate21.7%16.7%16.9%22.0%20.1%25.4%18.1%19.4%31.4%24.3%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open SCL in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-06View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-07View SEC filing

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