Stepan SCL Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 11.6%-0.9pp | 12.5%+0.5pp | 11.9%-3.5pp | 15.4%-1.5pp | |
| Operating margin | 3.4%+0.1pp | 3.2%+0.7pp | 2.5%-5.0pp | 7.5%+0.2pp | |
| Net margin | 2%-0.3pp | 2.3%+0.5pp | 1.8%-3.5pp | 5.3%-0.6pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 8.8%+0.4pp | 8.4%+1.3pp | 7%-3.8pp | 10.9%-0.3pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.1%— | —— | —— | -5.1%+0.1pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 3.9%-0.3pp | 4.2%+0.7pp | 3.5%-9.7pp | 13.1%-0.2pp | |
| Return on assets | 2%-0.1pp | 2.2%+0.4pp | 1.7%-4.8pp | 6.5%-0.7pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 3.4%+0.2pp | 3.2%-0.2pp | 3.4%-7.3pp | 10.7%-1.5pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 1×-0.3× | 1.2×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 7×+0.1× | 6.9×+0.8× | 6.1×-0.5× | 6.6×-0.8× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 1.3×+0.1× | 1.2×-0.2× | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.6×-0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.8×+0.1× | 0.8×-0.2× | 1×0.0× | 1×-0.3× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×0.0× | 0.6×+0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7×-0.5× | 3.3×-0.4× | 3.6×+2.1× | 1.6×+0.5× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $54.35+6.5% | $51.02-3.8% | $53.02+4.9% | $50.56+9.6% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $1.25B+3.7% | $1.46B-32.5% | $2.16B-8.9% | $2.37B-15.1% | |
| Enterprise value | $1.82B-0.3% | $2.05B-25.4% | $2.75B-3.2% | $2.84B-7.1% | |
| Price / earnings | 22.8×-6.1× | 28.9×-23.2× | 52.1×+36.0× | 16.1×-4.1× | |
| Price / sales | 0.5×0.0× | 0.7×-0.3× | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.9×-0.3× | |
| Price / book | 1.1×0.0× | 1.2×-0.5× | 1.8×-0.3× | 2×-0.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.1×+4.5× | 11.2×-5.5× | 16.8×+7.4× | 9.4×-2.3× | |
| EV / sales | 0.8×0.0× | 0.9×-0.2× | 1.2×+0.2× | 1×-0.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3%— | —— | —— | -5.9%-1.6pp | |
| Earnings yield | -1.1%-5.8pp | 3.5%+1.5pp | 1.9%-4.3pp | 6.2%+1.3pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.8%0.0pp | 2.3%+0.8pp | 1.5%+0.2pp | 1.3%+0.3pp |
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- What are Stepan's profit margins?
- Stepan (SCL) runs a 11.1% gross margin and a 0.0% operating margin, with a -0.6% net margin.
- Where do Stepan's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Stepan's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
