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Reconciliations of Equity (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Reconciliations of Total Equity | Below are reconciliations of total equity, Company equity and equity attributable to noncontrolling interests for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
(In thousands) |  | Total Equity |  |  | Stepan Company Equity |  |  | Noncontrolling Interests’ Equity (3) |
Balance at January 1, 2017 |  | $ | 635,916 |  |  | $ | 634,604 |  |  | $ | 1,312 |
Net income |  |  | 81,661 |  |  |  | 81,694 |  |  |  | (33 | )
Dividends |  |  | (13,841 | ) |  |  | (13,841 | ) |  |  | — |
Common stock purchases (1) |  |  | (6,255 | ) |  |  | (6,255 | ) |  |  | — |
Stock option exercises |  |  | 3,127 |  |  |  | 3,127 |  |  |  | — |
Defined benefit pension adjustments, net of tax |  |  | 1,671 |  |  |  | 1,671 |  |  |  | — |
Translation adjustments |  |  | 26,288 |  |  |  | 26,229 |  |  |  | 59 |
Derivative instrument activity, net of tax |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | — |
Other (2) |  |  | 7,711 |  |  |  | 7,711 |  |  |  | — |
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 736,271 |  |  | $ | 734,933 |  |  | $ | 1,338 |
(In thousands) |  | Total Equity |  |  | Stepan Company Equity |  |  | Noncontrolling Interests’ Equity (3) |
Balance at January 1, 2016 |  | $ | 558,384 |  |  | $ | 556,984 |  |  | $ | 1,400 |
Net income |  |  | 77,787 |  |  |  | 77,774 |  |  |  | 13 |
Dividends |  |  | (12,732 | ) |  |  | (12,732 | ) |  |  | — |
Common stock purchases (1) |  |  | (2,643 | ) |  |  | (2,643 | ) |  |  | — |
Stock option exercises |  |  | 3,290 |  |  |  | 3,290 |  |  |  | — |
Defined benefit pension adjustments, net of tax |  |  | 1,626 |  |  |  | 1,626 |  |  |  | — |
Translation adjustments |  |  | 7,685 |  |  |  | 7,722 |  |  |  | (37 | )
Derivative instrument activity, net of tax |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | (27 | ) |  |  | — |
Other (2)(4) |  |  | 6,362 |  |  |  | 6,362 |  |  |  | — |
Balance at September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 639,732 |  |  | $ | 638,356 |  |  | $ | 1,376 |
| (1) | Includes the value of shares of the Company’s common stock purchased in the open market and tendered by employees to settle statutory withholding taxes related to the receipt of performance awards, the receipt of deferred compensation distributions and the exercises of stock appreciation rights (SARs). |
| (2) | Primarily comprised of activity related to stock-based compensation and deferred compensation. |
| (3) | Reflects the noncontrolling interest in the Company’s China joint venture.
| (4) | Amounts for the noted line items have been immaterially changed from the amounts originally reported as a result of the Company’s fourth quarter 2016 adoption of ASU No. 2016-9, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21463-112644 + Details
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