What is Stepan's operating income?

Stepan (SCL) reported operating income of -$49.62M in Q1 2026.

How has Stepan's operating income changed year-over-year?

Stepan's operating income decreased by 275.4% year-over-year, from $28.29M to -$49.62M.

What is the long-term trend for Stepan's operating income?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Stepan's operating income has grown at a -17.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $170.78M to $78.55M.

What does operating income mean?

Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.

Stepan SCL Operating Income

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Segments

By segment

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Surfactants$18.55M-35.9%

Polymers$8.82M+10.0%

Specialty Products$4.72M-14.4%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$604.5M+1.9%

Gross profit$64.9M-14.1%

Net income-$41.4M-310%

EPS (diluted)-$1.81-310%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$140.8M+31.0%

Total debt$713.1M-2.5%

Total equity$1.2B-0.6%

Total assets$2.3B-2.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$16.9M+144%

CapEx$30.9M-5.7%

Free cash flow-$14.0M+45.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.25B+3.0%

Enterprise value$1.82B-0.8%

P/S0.5×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin11.1%-1.4pp

Operating margin0%-3.5pp

Net margin-0.6%-3.1pp

FCF margin1.6%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-1.2%-5.8pp

Debt / equity0.6×0.0×

Current ratio1.3×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Stepan in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.

The official record: Stepan’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Stepan's operating income?: Stepan (SCL) reported operating income of -$49.62M in Q1 2026.
How has Stepan's operating income changed year-over-year?: Stepan's operating income decreased by 275.4% year-over-year, from $28.29M to -$49.62M.
What is the long-term trend for Stepan's operating income?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Stepan's operating income has grown at a -17.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $170.78M to $78.55M.
What does operating income mean?: Gross profit minus all operating expenses (SG&A, R&D, D&A). Measures the profit from core business operations before interest, taxes, and non-operating items.