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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share | Below are the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
(In thousands, except per share amounts) |  | Three Months Ended June 30 |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30 |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Computation of Basic Earnings per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Stepan Company |  | $ | 16,914 |  |  | $ | 24,353 |  |  | $ | 38,184 |  |  | $ | 37,371 |
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding |  |  | 22,742 |  |  |  | 22,763 |  |  |  | 22,731 |  |  |  | 22,768 |
Basic earnings per share |  | $ | 0.74 |  |  | $ | 1.07 |  |  | $ | 1.68 |  |  | $ | 1.64 |
Computation of Diluted Earnings per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Stepan Company |  | $ | 16,914 |  |  | $ | 24,353 |  |  | $ | 38,184 |  |  | $ | 37,371 |
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding |  |  | 22,742 |  |  |  | 22,763 |  |  |  | 22,731 |  |  |  | 22,768 |
Add weighted-average net shares issuable from assumed exercise of options (under treasury stock method) (1) |  |  | 127 |  |  |  | 158 |  |  |  | 116 |  |  |  | 170 |
Add weighted-average net shares related to unvested stock awards (under treasury stock method) |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 10 |
Weighted-average shares applicable to diluted earnings |  |  | 22,871 |  |  |  | 22,931 |  |  |  | 22,850 |  |  |  | 22,948 |
Diluted earnings per share |  | $ | 0.74 |  |  | $ | 1.06 |  |  | $ | 1.67 |  |  | $ | 1.63 |
(1) Options to purchase 91,678 and 158,888 shares of Company common stock were excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. Options to purchase 103,382 and 75,511 shares of Company common stock were excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price for the common stock and their effect would have been antidilutive.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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