secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-022759
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan Q4 adj. EPS $0.12, down 64%; full-year adj. EBITDA up 4%, Polymers weak
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- Q4 reported net income $3.4M vs prior-year loss of $1.2M; adjusted net income $2.8M (-63%).
- Full-year adj. EBITDA $187.0M (+4%); free cash flow $39.3M vs -$85.5M in 2023.
- Surfactants adj. EBITDA +10% in Q4; Polymers adj. EBITDA -44% on 9% volume decline.
- Pasadena alkoxylation facility expected to start in Q1 2025; quarterly dividend $0.385/sh, payable March 14.
- Cost-out savings of $48M in 2024; full-year effective tax rate 16.7% vs 16.9%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025022759/0000950170-25-022759-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025022759/scl-20250219.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-022759

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