secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STEPAN CO (SCL)
CIK:        0000094049
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-21-038475
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stepan posts record Q2 net income $43.3M, EPS $1.85; Polymer op income up 48%
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- Record Q2 net income $43.3M ($1.85 diluted EPS) vs $35.7M ($1.54) a year ago; adjusted EPS $1.81.
- Revenue $595.5M, up 29% YoY on 5% volume growth and 20% price/mix improvement.
- Polymer operating income $23.0M, up 48% on 44% volume growth including INVISTA acquisition.
- Surfactant operating income $45.9M, down 5% due to higher supply chain costs and lower consumer demand.
- Quarterly dividend declared $0.305 per share, payable Sept 15, 2021 to holders of record Aug 31, 2021.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459021038475/0001564590-21-038475-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94049/000156459021038475/scl-8k_20210728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-038475

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