secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-059547
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan Q1 net income up 42% to $19.7M; adjusted EPS $0.84, volume up 4%
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- Net income $19.7M (diluted EPS $0.86), up 42% YoY; adjusted net income $19.3M ($0.84), up 32%.
- Consolidated sales $593.3M, up 8% YoY; global volume up 4%; adjusted EBITDA $57.5M, up 12%.
- Surfactants: sales $430.3M (+10%), operating income $28.9M (+11%), driven by Agricultural and Oilfield growth.
- Polymers: volume up 7% but operating income down 4% to $8.0M due to unfavorable mix and high-cost inventory.
- Pasadena facility now operational; management cautiously optimistic for full-year growth and positive free cash flow.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025059547/0000950170-25-059547-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000095017025059547/scl-20250429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-059547

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