TTM
-0.6%
YoY change
−0.30pp
Trough year (2006)
0.6%
Peak year (2020)
6.8%
Latest annual
2.0%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 2.0%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.30pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 2.0% | -0.30pp | ||
| 2024 | 2.3% | +0.58pp | ||
| 2023 | 1.7% | -3.58pp | ||
| 2022 | 5.3% | -0.57pp | ||
| 2021 | 5.9% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2020 | 6.8% | +1.23pp | ||
| 2019 | 5.5% | -0.11pp | ||
| 2018 | 5.7% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2017 | 4.8% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2016 | 4.9% | +0.60pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.3% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.0% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2013 | 3.9% | -0.53pp | ||
| 2012 | 4.4% | +0.50pp | ||
| 2011 | 3.9% | -0.67pp | ||
| 2010 | 4.6% | -0.37pp | ||
| 2009 | 4.9% | +2.62pp | ||
| 2008 | 2.3% | +1.19pp | ||
| 2007 | 1.1% | +0.57pp | ||
| 2006 | 0.6% | -0.65pp | ||
| 2005 | 1.2% | +0.12pp | ||
| 2004 | 1.1% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2003 | 0.6% | -2.06pp | ||
| 2002 | 2.7% | +0.43pp | ||
| 2001 | 2.3% | +0.11pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.1% | -1.17pp | ||
| 1999 | 3.3% | -0.53pp | ||
| 1998 | 3.8% | +0.34pp | ||
| 1997 | 3.5% | -0.05pp | ||
| 1996 | 3.6% | +0.51pp | ||
| 1995 | 3.0% | -0.06pp | ||
| 1994 | 3.1% | +0.65pp | ||
| 1993 | 2.5% | -1.16pp | ||
| 1992 | 3.6% | +0.61pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.0% | -0.70pp | ||
| 1990 | 3.7% | +1.47pp | ||
| 1989 | 2.3% | -1.77pp | ||
| 1988 | 4.0% | +0.22pp | ||
| 1987 | 3.8% | +0.92pp | ||
| 1986 | 2.9% | +0.56pp | ||
| 1985 | 2.3% | — |
- 20252.0%-0.30pp
- 20242.3%+0.58pp
- 20231.7%-3.58pp
- 20225.3%-0.57pp
- 20215.9%-0.91pp
- 20206.8%+1.23pp
- 20195.5%-0.11pp
- 20185.7%+0.90pp
- 20174.8%-0.12pp
- 20164.9%+0.60pp
- 20154.3%+1.31pp
- 20143.0%-0.91pp
- 20133.9%-0.53pp
- 20124.4%+0.50pp
- 20113.9%-0.67pp
- 20104.6%-0.37pp
- 20094.9%+2.62pp
- 20082.3%+1.19pp
- 20071.1%+0.57pp
- 20060.6%-0.65pp
- 20051.2%+0.12pp
- 20041.1%+0.48pp
- 20030.6%-2.06pp
- 20022.7%+0.43pp
- 20012.3%+0.11pp
- 20002.1%-1.17pp
- 19993.3%-0.53pp
- 19983.8%+0.34pp
- 19973.5%-0.05pp
- 19963.6%+0.51pp
- 19953.0%-0.06pp
- 19943.1%+0.65pp
- 19932.5%-1.16pp
- 19923.6%+0.61pp
- 19913.0%-0.70pp
- 19903.7%+1.47pp
- 19892.3%-1.77pp
- 19884.0%+0.22pp
- 19873.8%+0.92pp
- 19862.9%+0.56pp
- 19852.3%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Stepan's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Stepan (SCL)
According to Stepan's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is -0.6%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual net margin for Stepan (SCL) came in at 2.01% – contracted 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual net margin of 6.78% was reported in 2020. The lowest in the available history was 0.57% in 2006.
Stepan Net Profit Margin by Year
Stepan Net Profit Margin 2025: 2.0%
Stepan net margin in 2025 was 2.01%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Stepan Net Profit Margin 2024: 2.3%
2024's net margin for Stepan came in at 2.31%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Stepan Net Profit Margin 2023: 1.7%
Stepan posted net margin of 1.73% in 2023, contracted 3.6 percentage points from 2022.
Stepan Net Profit Margin 2022: 5.3%
In 2022, Stepan reported net margin of 5.31%, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2021.
Stepan Net Profit Margin 2021: 5.9%
Stepan net margin in 2021 was 5.87%.
See more financial history for Stepan (SCL).
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