Stepan price to free cash flow SCL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 39.7×
10-year median: 23.0×
Against its 10-year history: 87th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 12.5× to 60.4×
Peer median: 15.1×

Stepan's price to free cash flow is 39.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 23.0×, higher than on 87% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.5× in Feb 2018 to 60.4× in Nov 2024.

The median for 4 household and personal products stocks of a similar size is 15.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 23×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	39.7×	30.0×	47.4×
2025	33.2×	27.1×	48.8×
2024	49.9×	19.5×	60.4×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	48.7×	23.5×	48.9×
2020	24.9×	15.0×	31.9×
2019	19.9×	19.2×	25.1×
2018	19.1×	12.5×	22.5×
2017	13.9×	13.7×	23.0×
2016	23.2×	17.6×	39.2×
2015	35.8×	32.4×	80.9×
2014	35.5×	19.0×	62.3×
2013	64.0×	19.6×	113×
2012	18.9×	16.6×	39.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Household & Personal Products nearest Stepan's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
SCLStepan	39.7×
IPARInterparfums	15.0×
REYNReynolds Consumer Products	15.2×
ELFe.l.f. Beauty	24.1×
AVYAvery Dennison	13.0×
Peer median	15.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

More on Stepan

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.