SCL PEER ANALYSIS

Stepan Company — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

SCLStepan Company

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

SCLIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	SCL	SASA	MRSHL	POLTK	POLHO	DNL	Ind. Median
P/E	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.62
P/B	1.09	0.61●	23.70	63.00	1.10	1.75	1.81
EV/EBITDA	13.37	25.90	46.59	209.97	16.40	12.79●	12.43
P/S	0.55●	1.75	6.14	20.46	2.54	1.90	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	SCL	SASA	MRSHL	POLTK	POLHO	DNL	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.26	0.63	1.00	1.93●	0.87	1.27	1.87
Debt/Equity	59.8%	83.7%	58.2%	9.7%●	14.6%	39.7%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.09	14.70	0.57	-0.03●	1.38	2.15	2.15

Profitability
Metric	SCL	SASA	MRSHL	POLTK	POLHO	DNL	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-0.6%	-36.0%	-4.4%	-2.3%	-23.2%	4.5%●	3.5%
ROE	-1.2%	-14.4%	-17.8%	-7.8%	-9.4%	3.8%●	4.4%
ROA	-0.6%	-7.1%	-4.9%	-4.8%	-7.3%	2.2%●	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	6.0%	15.6%	13.3%	9.7%	16.9%	17.8%●	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	SCL	SASA	MRSHL	POLTK	POLHO	DNL	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.5%	4.0%	-13.7%	33.7%●	-19.2%	-16.6%	1.2%
NI Growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%●	1.5%
Payout	-248.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	126.7%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	SCL	ECVT	ODC	LWLG	KOP	IOSP	Ind. Median
P/E	—	—	25.93	—	12.08●	18.08	27.62
P/B	1.09●	2.30	4.89	13.41	1.69	1.53	1.81
EV/EBITDA	13.37	7.93	15.60	—	7.57●	10.20	12.43
P/S	0.55	1.61	2.85	4,486.35	0.50●	1.15	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	SCL	ECVT	ODC	LWLG	KOP	IOSP	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.26	2.38	3.28	33.99●	2.71	2.98	1.87
Debt/Equity	59.8%	7.5%	19.0%	3.1%●	186.2%	3.8%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	4.09	-0.79	-0.10	3.67	3.89	-1.33●	2.15

Profitability
Metric	SCL	ECVT	ODC	LWLG	KOP	IOSP	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-0.6%	-7.7%	11.2%●	-9,015.6%	4.1%	6.4%	3.5%
ROE	-1.2%	-9.9%	20.7%●	-38.8%	14.7%	8.8%	4.4%
ROA	-0.6%	-4.2%	14.1%●	-36.1%	4.1%	6.4%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	6.0%	18.5%●	18.1%	-8,129.7%	13.4%	10.0%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	SCL	ECVT	ODC	LWLG	KOP	IOSP	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.5%	19.3%	3.3%	175.9%●	-8.4%	0.2%	1.2%
NI Growth	—	—	16.8%	—	202.0%	323.0%●	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.8%	756.1%●	0.8%	—	0.7%	2.1%	1.5%
Payout	-248.3%	-15,819.0%	17.7%	—	9.1%	37.1%	9.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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