Stepan (NYSE:SCL) reported quarterly earnings of $0.45 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.44 by 2.27 percent. This is a 46.43 percent decrease over earnings of $0.84 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $604.509 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $612.950 million by 1.38 percent. This is a 1.90 percent increase over sales of $593.255 million the same period last year.