secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-053921
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan Q3 net income falls 68% to $0.55 EPS; dividend raised to $0.375
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- Q3 reported net income $12.6M ($0.55 EPS) vs $39.4M ($1.71 EPS) YoY; adjusted net income $14.7M ($0.64 EPS) vs $46.3M ($2.01 EPS).
- Sales volume fell 9% YoY; Surfactant op income $15.4M (down 61%), Polymer $21.8M (down 32%), Specialty Products $2.4M (down 75%).
- EBITDA $45.1M vs $76.4M YoY; company expects $50M pre-tax cost savings in 2024 to offset inflation and new plant expenses.
- Board increased quarterly dividend to $0.375/share (2.7% increase), payable Dec 15 to record Nov 30; 56th consecutive annual increase.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023053921/0000950170-23-053921-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017023053921/scl-20231018.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-053921

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