Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

	2016
Quarter	First			Second			Third			Fourth			Year
Net Sales	$	445,897		$	454,603		$	445,030		$	420,636		$	1,766,166
Gross Profit		93,499			92,931			83,395			68,720			338,545
Operating Income		44,607			42,916			28,738			9,932			126,193
Interest, net		(3,614	)		(3,417	)		(2,824	)		(3,350	)		(13,205	)
Income Before Income Taxes		40,468			39,196			27,143			7,009			113,816
Net Income ^(a)		27,919			28,501			21,367			8,411			86,198
Net Income Attributable to Stepan Company ^(a)		27,916			28,496			21,362			8,417			86,191
Per Diluted Share ^(a)		1.22			1.24			0.92			0.36			3.73

	2015
Quarter	First			Second			Third			Fourth			Year
Net Sales	$	460,451		$	452,414		$	444,011		$	419,291		$	1,776,167
Gross Profit		76,442			79,512			77,598			74,689			308,241
Operating Income		35,178			28,595			38,794			20,223			122,790
Interest, net		(4,054	)		(2,869	)		(3,837	)		(3,773	)		(14,533	)
Income Before Income Taxes		30,536			24,146			33,113			15,061			102,856
Net Income		21,286			16,941			24,934			12,876			76,037
Net Income Attributable to Stepan Company		21,270			16,914			24,912			12,872			75,968
Per Diluted Share		0.93			0.74			1.09			0.56			3.32

(a)

The amounts for net income, net income attributable to Stepan Company and net income attributable to Stepan Company per diluted share for the first, second and third quarters of 2016 have been changed from the amounts originally reported as a result of the Company’s early adoption of ASU No. 2016-9, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvement to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. See Note 1 for additional information regarding ASU No. 2016-9. Below are the originally reported amounts for the items that changed:

	2016
(In thousands, except per share data)	First		Second		Third

Net Income	$	27,657	$	27,870	$	20,432
Net Income Attributable to Stepan Company		27,654		27,865		20,427
Per Diluted Share		1.21		1.21		0.89