Comparing the current results to its competitors, Stepan reported Revenue increase in the 1 quarter 2026 by 1.92 % year on year, while most of its competitors have experienced contraction in revenues by -3.9 %, achieved in the same quarter.
Stepan Company, slower than the average decrease reported by the company's competitors of -4.13 %. recorded a net loss and most of the company's competitors saw a decline in earnings by -4.13 %
Stepan's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
The Company does not sell directly to the retail market, but sells to a wide
range of manufacturers in many industries and has many competitors. The principal
methods of competition are product performance, price, technical assistance
and adaptability to the specific needs of individual customers. These factors
allow the Company to compete on a basis other than price alone, reducing the
severity of competition as experienced in the sales of commodity chemicals having
identical performance characteristics. The Company is one of the leading merchant
producers of surfactants in the world. In the case of surfactants, much of the
Company’s competition comes from several large global and regional producers
and the internal divisions of larger customers. In the manufacture of polymers,
the Company competes with the chemical divisions of several large companies,
as well as with other small specialty chemical manufacturers. In specialty products,
the Company competes with several large firms plus numerous small companies.
With modest revenue growth of 1.92 % within Overall company, Stepan Company managed to improve its market share within this segment to approximately 1.21 %. << More on SCL Market Share.
*Market share is calculated based on total revenue.
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