Stepan Co cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Stepan Co's operations generated $148m of cash; it spent $123m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $25.4m. It returned $35.0m in dividends.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 166 | 66 | 77 | 109 | 150 | 83 | 184 | 212 | 199 | 171 | 218 | 235 | 72 | 161 | 175 | 162 | 148 | 155 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 37 | 40 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 82 | 91 | 95 | 105 | 112 | 126 | 129 |
| Stock-based pay | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | −0 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Capital spending | 43 | 74 | 83 | 83 | 93 | 102 | 119 | 103 | 79 | 87 | 106 | 126 | 194 | 302 | 260 | 123 | 123 | 118 |
| Free cash flow | 124 | −8 | −6 | 26 | 57 | −19 | 64 | 109 | 120 | 84 | 113 | 109 | −122 | −141 | −85 | 39 | 25 | 37 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 119 | −11 | −9 | 23 | 55 | −19 | 60 | 96 | 113 | 78 | 104 | 99 | −134 | −155 | −91 | 34 | 19 | 30 |
| Dividends paid | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Share buybacks | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 23 | 68 | 7 | 11 | 70 | 60 | 17 | 8 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
| Stock-based pay | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Capital spending | 27 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 31 | 23 |
| Free cash flow | −4 | 32 | −26 | −14 | 40 | 25 | −14 | −15 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −6 | 31 | −27 | −16 | 39 | 24 | −15 | −17 |
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