# Stepan Raises Quarterly Dividend 2.5% to $0.405 Per Share By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/42738 Published: 2026-10-28T16:22:32.000Z Updated: 2026-10-28T16:22:32.000Z Section: Business > The payment is scheduled for Dec. 15 to shareholders of record Dec. 1. Third-quarter net sales rose 17% year over year. Stepan Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.405 per share on Oct. 28, a 2.5% increase from its previous payout of $0.395. Payment is scheduled for Dec. 15 to shareholders of record Dec. 1. The company reported third-quarter net sales of $692.154 million, up 17% from a year earlier. Adjusted earnings, a non-GAAP measure, were $0.94 per diluted share. Stepan’s [third-quarter results]() also included GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.78. ## Links in this article - [third-quarter results](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/42632)