TTM
2.4%
YoY change
−0.26pp
Trough year (2003)
1.2%
Peak year (2020)
9.2%
Latest annual
3.0%
Operating Margin history chart for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 3.0%
Operating Margin change chart for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.26pp
Operating Margin history table for Stepan (SCL) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 3.0% | -0.26pp | ||
| 2024 | 3.2% | +0.71pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.5% | -4.96pp | ||
| 2022 | 7.5% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2021 | 7.3% | -1.89pp | ||
| 2020 | 9.2% | +2.33pp | ||
| 2019 | 6.8% | -0.75pp | ||
| 2018 | 7.6% | -0.45pp | ||
| 2017 | 8.0% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2016 | 7.1% | +0.23pp | ||
| 2015 | 6.9% | +2.21pp | ||
| 2014 | 4.7% | -1.10pp | ||
| 2013 | 5.8% | -1.33pp | ||
| 2012 | 7.1% | +0.71pp | ||
| 2011 | 6.4% | -1.11pp | ||
| 2010 | 7.5% | -0.68pp | ||
| 2009 | 8.2% | +3.80pp | ||
| 2008 | 4.4% | +1.78pp | ||
| 2007 | 2.6% | +1.29pp | ||
| 2006 | 1.4% | -1.01pp | ||
| 2005 | 2.4% | +0.31pp | ||
| 2004 | 2.0% | +0.80pp | ||
| 2003 | 1.2% | -3.28pp | ||
| 2002 | 4.5% | +0.20pp | ||
| 2001 | 4.3% | -0.25pp | ||
| 2000 | 4.6% | -1.69pp | ||
| 1999 | 6.3% | -1.17pp | ||
| 1998 | 7.4% | -0.18pp | ||
| 1997 | 7.6% | +0.08pp | ||
| 1996 | 7.5% | +1.32pp | ||
| 1995 | 6.2% | -0.46pp | ||
| 1994 | 6.7% | +0.47pp | ||
| 1993 | 6.2% | -0.82pp | ||
| 1992 | 7.0% | +0.89pp | ||
| 1991 | 6.1% | -0.85pp | ||
| 1990 | 7.0% | +1.87pp | ||
| 1989 | 5.1% | -2.40pp | ||
| 1988 | 7.5% | -0.49pp | ||
| 1987 | 8.0% | +1.07pp | ||
| 1986 | 6.9% | +1.29pp | ||
| 1985 | 5.6% | — |
- 20253.0%-0.26pp
- 20243.2%+0.71pp
- 20232.5%-4.96pp
- 20227.5%+0.20pp
- 20217.3%-1.89pp
- 20209.2%+2.33pp
- 20196.8%-0.75pp
- 20187.6%-0.45pp
- 20178.0%+0.90pp
- 20167.1%+0.23pp
- 20156.9%+2.21pp
- 20144.7%-1.10pp
- 20135.8%-1.33pp
- 20127.1%+0.71pp
- 20116.4%-1.11pp
- 20107.5%-0.68pp
- 20098.2%+3.80pp
- 20084.4%+1.78pp
- 20072.6%+1.29pp
- 20061.4%-1.01pp
- 20052.4%+0.31pp
- 20042.0%+0.80pp
- 20031.2%-3.28pp
- 20024.5%+0.20pp
- 20014.3%-0.25pp
- 20004.6%-1.69pp
- 19996.3%-1.17pp
- 19987.4%-0.18pp
- 19977.6%+0.08pp
- 19967.5%+1.32pp
- 19956.2%-0.46pp
- 19946.7%+0.47pp
- 19936.2%-0.82pp
- 19927.0%+0.89pp
- 19916.1%-0.85pp
- 19907.0%+1.87pp
- 19895.1%-2.40pp
- 19887.5%-0.49pp
- 19878.0%+1.07pp
- 19866.9%+1.29pp
- 19855.6%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Stepan (SCL)
According to Stepan's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 2.4%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
Stepan (SCL) most recent annual operating margin stands at 2.98% (2025) – contracted 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
2020 marks the peak operating margin at 9.17%, with the historical low of 1.25% recorded in 2003.
Stepan Operating Margin by Year
Stepan Operating Margin 2025: 3.0%
Stepan operating margin in 2025 was 2.98%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Stepan Operating Margin 2024: 3.2%
2024's operating margin for Stepan came in at 3.23%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2023.
Stepan Operating Margin 2023: 2.5%
Stepan posted operating margin of 2.52% in 2023, contracted 5.0 percentage points from 2022.
Stepan Operating Margin 2022: 7.5%
In 2022, Stepan reported operating margin of 7.48%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2021.
Stepan Operating Margin 2021: 7.3%
Stepan operating margin in 2021 was 7.28%.
See more financial history for Stepan (SCL).
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