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Stepan (SCL) earnings and revenue breakdown

Latest: Q3 2026 · 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026 · Stepan (SCL) Q3 2026 earnings results →

Q3 2026 Revenue up 17% year over year to $692M · 3¢ of every $1 of revenue kept as net profit · operating margin 3.8%

Stepan made $692M in Q3 2026 (+17% Y/Y): Surfactants $487M, Polymers $179M, Specialty Products $26.9M. Operating margin 3.8%, net earnings $17.8M. See where every dollar goes — costs, profit and cash — as a Sankey from the 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2026.

Revenue$692M

Year over year+17%

Operating margin3.8%

Net earnings$17.8M

Operating cash flow$29.3M

Drawing the Sankey…

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What changed this quarter

Revenue was $692.2M in Q3 2026, up 17% year over year and up 1% from the previous quarter. Surfactants was the largest line at 70% of revenue. Surfactants added $64.3M year over year (up 15%), 63% of the total change.

Gross margin was 12.7%, up 0.6 points from Q3 2025. Operating profit was $26.0M, a 3.8% margin (up 0.1 points year over year). Of the extra revenue versus Q3 2025, 4% reached operating profit, above the 4% margin then. Operating expenses grew 25% against revenue growth of 17%. The fastest-growing cost line was Other operating costs (+41%). Net earnings were $17.8M, up 64% year over year. The effective tax rate was 10.2%.

Operating cash flow was $29.3M (down 58% year over year), 165% of net earnings. Non-cash charges added back $31.3M of depreciation and amortization and $2.2M of share-based compensation. Working capital and other items used $21.9M. Capital expenditures of $21.2M left free cash flow of $8.2M.

Quarterly history

Quarter	Form	Filed	Revenue	Y/Y	Op. margin	Net earnings	Op. cash flow
Q3 2026	10-Q	Nov 4, 2026	$692M	+17%	3.8%	$17.8M	$29.3M
Q2 2026	10-Q	Aug 5, 2026	$684M	+15%	5.4%	$22.9M	$8.4M
Q1 2026	10-Q	May 6, 2026	$605M	+2%	-8.2%	−$41.4M	$16.9M
Q4 2025	10-K	Feb 26, 2026	$554M	+5%	1.9%	$5.0M	$60.0M
Q3 2025	10-Q	Nov 5, 2025	$590M	+8%	3.7%	$10.8M	$69.8M
Q2 2025	10-Q	Aug 6, 2025	$595M	+7%	3.0%	$11.3M	$11.2M
Q1 2025	10-Q	May 7, 2025	$593M	+8%	4.8%	$19.7M	$6.9M

Charts

Latest (Q3 2026): Y/Y +17%, Q/Q +1%.

From the cash-flow statement as filed (SEC XBRL). Cash is fungible: the bars do not say which dollar paid for what.

Latest (Q3 2026): Net income $17.8M, Operating cash flow $29.3M.

-1.6% since FY2020: buybacks shrank the count.

Cash $133M, short-term investments —, long-term debt $627M at 2025-12-31.

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