---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCL"
cik: "0000094049"
company_name: "STEPAN CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T10:11:20.722141+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stepan Q4 EPS $0.47 miss; record FY22 EPS $6.38; cautious 2023 outlook

## Summary
- Q4 net income $10.8M ($0.47 diluted) down 36% YoY; adjusted net income $13.5M ($0.59).
- FY22 net income record $147.2M ($6.38) up 7%; adjusted $153.5M ($6.65) record.
- Surfactant segment op income down 33% in Q4 on 15% volume decline; Polymer down 77% on 23% volume decline.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.365/share payable March 15, 2023; increased for 55th consecutive year.
- 2023 outlook: expects challenges from inflation, high interest rates, and higher costs from new Pasadena site; earnings growth uncertain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCL
- cik: 0000094049
- company_name: STEPAN CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023002965/0000950170-23-002965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023002965/scl-20230216.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STEPAN CO reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 16, 2023, Stepan Company (“Stepan”) issued a press release providing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023002965/0000950170-23-002965-index.htm

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