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Sensient Technologies Corporation

SXT Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Sensient Technologies Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 3.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.6%
EPS
+31.0%
Free cash flow
−90.9%
Total debt
+11.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

119.61 6.21 −4.94%
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
30.0×
Fwd P/E
28.0×
Dividend yield
1.37%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.88
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
46/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 233.65
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — 2 2 — — 1 — — —
Insider Ownership 0.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 5,100.00
Revenue ttm 1,747.20
Net income ttm 169.36
Free cash flow ttm (17.51)
Net debt Q 747.78
Valuation
P/E 29.98
Forward P/E 28.00
Price / sales 2.90
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 3.94
Financial health
Current ratio Q 3.97 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.61
Interest coverage Q 8.68
Growth
Revenue growth Q +10.61% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +25.55% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +20.47% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +17.68% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +11.84% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs +4.06%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +21.31% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 3.3×, against a ten-year median of 2.7×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.8× in 2020 to 3.8× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 57.90%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 92.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 83.31%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 93.03%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
1.37%
Annual rate
1.64
Payout ratio
41.3%
Growth, 2017–25
+3.66%/yr
  1. 1.23 ’17
  2. 1.35 ’18 +10
  3. 1.47 ’19 +9
  4. 1.56 ’20 +6
  5. 1.58 ’21 +1
  6. 1.64 ’22 +4
  7. 1.64 ’23 +0
  8. 1.64 ’24 +0
  9. 1.64 ’25 +0
  10. 1.68 ’26e +2
paid forecast change on the year, % Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 29 27 37 43
Receivables 272 290 305 374
Inventory 598 600 678 791
Other — — 2 —
937 962 1,081 1,283
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 131 139 138 188
ST’ Debt 13 20 0 0
Other — 112 125 135
236 271 264 323

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.60% 3.89% 3.91%
Cash Flow (0.02%) (10.19%) 119.60%
Earnings 2.33% 4.20% (1.54%)
Book Value 3.51% 5.02% 6.09%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 1.03 Actual 1.13

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 0.78 0.72 Miss by 0.06
Q1 FY26 0.80 1.04 Beat by 0.24
Q2 FY26 1.00 1.20 Beat by 0.20
Q3 FY26 1.03 1.13 Beat by 0.10
Q4 FY26 0.93 — Reports 12 February 2027

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.04 1.20 1.13 — —
’25 0.81 0.88 0.87 0.60 3.16
’24 0.73 0.73 0.77 0.71 2.94
’23 0.80 0.81 0.75 (0.14) 2.21
’22 0.88 0.92 0.85 0.69 3.34
’21 0.75 0.61 0.80 0.65 2.81
’20 0.49 0.72 0.78 0.59 2.59
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 436 462 456 — —
’25 392 414 412 393 1,612
’24 385 404 393 376 1,557
’23 369 374 364 349 1,456
’22 356 372 361 349 1,437
’21 360 336 344 340 1,380
’20 351 323 324 335 1,332
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (14) 48 40 — —
’25 (9) 48 44 45 128
’24 15 44 77 21 157
’23 (3) 55 55 63 170
’22 (1) 24 (8) (3) 12
’21 29 60 27 29 145
’20 37 71 35 76 219
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (42) 10 2 — —
’25 (26) 27 24 13 38
’24 4 32 64 (2) 98
’23 (25) 32 32 43 82
’22 (14) 4 (27) (30) (67)
’21 15 49 15 6 84
’20 28 59 23 58 167
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,383 1,362 1,387 1,323 1,332 1,380 1,437 1,456 1,557 1,612 1,747 +1.7% 1,803 2,050 2,452 +15.0%
Gross margin, % 34.37 34.90 33.61 31.36 31.81 32.94 34.04 31.60 32.56 33.45 35.13 (0.9) pt
EBT 167 148 182 101 138 157 182 130 163 178 222 +0.7%
EBT margin, % 12.09 10.90 13.09 7.63 10.35 11.41 12.68 8.92 10.45 11.01 12.71 (1.1) pt
Net income 126 90 157 82 109 119 141 93 125 134 169 +0.7%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 31.07 31.12 32.70 31.30 31.49 32.80 34.31 34.66 36.95 38.17 41.25 +2.3%
Earnings 2.84 2.05 3.71 1.94 2.59 2.82 3.36 2.22 2.96 3.18 3.99 +1.3%
Cash flow 4.12 0.83 1.97 4.19 5.17 3.45 0.29 4.04 3.73 3.03 2.83 (3.4%)
Capex (1.82) (1.29) (1.20) (0.93) (1.23) (1.44) (1.89) (2.09) (1.40) (2.12) (3.24) +1.7%
Free cash flow 2.30 (0.46) 0.77 3.27 3.94 2.01 (1.61) 1.95 2.32 0.91 (0.41) (9.8%)
Book value 18.77 19.47 20.28 20.86 22.09 22.30 23.86 25.06 25.17 28.26 30.38 +4.7%
Shares, m 45 44 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 (0.6%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.37 36.14 15.01 34.07 28.59 35.36 21.56 29.66 24.16 29.54 29.98 28.1
P/S 2.50 2.38 1.71 2.11 2.34 3.05 2.12 1.90 1.93 2.46 2.90 2.3
P/B 4.14 3.81 2.75 3.17 3.34 4.49 3.05 2.63 2.83 3.32 3.94 3.4
EV/Sales 2.92 2.82 2.20 2.56 2.72 3.40 2.56 2.33 2.32 2.88 3.33 2.7
EV/FCF 39.42 (191.55) 92.92 24.56 21.74 55.62 (54.63) 41.51 36.86 120.81 (331.96) 18.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 184 36 84 177 219 145 12 170 157 128 120 (3.9%)
Capex (81) (56) (51) (39) (52) (61) (79) (88) (59) (89) (137) +1.1%
Free cash flow 102 (20) 33 138 167 84 (67) 82 98 38 (18) (10.3%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 503 517 608 587 526 509 663 700 691 818 960 +5.5%
Net debt 577 595 678 598 502 486 630 630 607 673 748 +1.7%
Shareholders’ equity 836 852 860 882 934 938 1,000 1,053 1,061 1,194 1,287 +4.0%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.49 5.28 8.87 4.60 6.29 6.81 7.56 4.67 6.17 6.30 7.23 (1.2) pt
ROIC 8.21 7.25 8.27 5.12 6.64 7.46 7.55 5.76 7.18 6.94 7.80 (1.3) pt
ROE 15.02 10.62 18.38 9.42 12.06 12.68 14.54 9.10 11.79 11.93 13.73 (3.1) pt
People
People Employees 4,083 4,023 4,113 4,058 3,948 3,844 4,094 3,956 4,014 4,070 — 0.0%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.40 — +1.8%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026

Sensient Technologies Corporation vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $7.8B 23.3× 18.8× +1.79% (above 0%: growing) −12.96% (below 0%: shrinking) +2.30% (above 0%: growing) 33.10% 12.59% Compare
EMN Eastman Chemical Company $7.5B 12.0× 11.5× +8.31% (above 0%: growing) +266.44% (above 0%: growing) −26.42% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.31% 12.79% Compare
NEU NewMarket Corporation $6.4B 14.0× — (loss-making) +3.79% (above 0%: growing) +26.52% (above 0%: growing) −73.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.03% 19.95% Compare
BCPC Balchem Corporation $5.7B 33.8× 31.0× +8.63% (above 0%: growing) +17.74% (above 0%: growing) +14.42% (above 0%: growing) 36.37% 21.48% Compare
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation $5.1B 30.0× 28.0× +10.61% (above 0%: growing) +31.03% (above 0%: growing) −90.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.19% 15.89%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA $4.6B 102× 27.1× +23.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m −22.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.14% 106.82% Compare
AVNT Avient Corporation $4.2B 23.1× 17.6× +10.50% (above 0%: growing) +31.78% (above 0%: growing) +101.69% (above 0%: growing) 30.50% 9.27% Compare
CLMT Calumet, Inc. $3.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +40.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +450.65% (above 0%: growing) 1.27% (2.77%) Compare
CBT Cabot Corporation $3.8B 17.4× 17.2× +12.24% (above 0%: growing) +79.43% (above 0%: growing) −51.65% (below 0%: shrinking) 20.22% 11.99% Compare
Median of peers $5.2B 23.1× 18.2× +9.57% +29.15% −10.00% 30.77% 12.69%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 11 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 8.67m 16.69m 141.00
2024 7.85m 10.14m 105.00
2023 6.17m 2.88m 95.00
2022 7.60m 5.80m 103.00
2021 7.06m 13.90m 138.00
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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