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How Stepan Company stacks up
SCL · against 438 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
20/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #365 of 439 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including SCL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 20?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 79% of peers. Operating margin: 0.8% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 78% of peers. Return on invested capital: 0.9% vs peer median 6.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 76% of peers. Return on assets: -0.1% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SCL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SCL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 419 reported | 0.9% | 6.8% | 17% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 429 reported | 0.8% | 8.0% | 17% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 415 reported | -0.1% | 2.7% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 412 reported | -0.2% | 6.3% | 22% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 449 reported | 11.8% | 22.3% | 26% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SCL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.0B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 1 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.3B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 1 | 4.0B AUD (≈$2.7B) | 98 | 84 | |
| 1 | 1.3B AUD (≈$872M) | 98 | 90 | |
| 1 | 2.4B AUD (≈$1.6B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 362 | 2.3B EUR (≈$2.5B) | 21 | 56 | |
| 365 | 6.7B CNY (≈$942M) | 20 | 24 | |
| 365 | 15.7B CNY (≈$2.2B) | 20 | 43 | |
| 365 | 26.7B TWD (≈$827M) | 20 | 17 | |
| 365 | 1.6B USD | 20 | 29 | |
| 365 | 2.7B USD | 20 | 32 | |
| 370 | 12.6B CNY (≈$1.8B) | 19 | 24 | |
| 370 | 6.5B HKD (≈$827M) | 19 | 15 | |
| 370 | 160.9B JPY (≈$1.1B) | 19 | 35 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score