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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 11.6%, EPS grew 36.0%, free cash flow fell 64.3% and total debt rose 3.73%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Altman Z-score
Sensient Technologies Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 4.88, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.88 | 0.28 |
| FY2024 | 4.60 | 0.27 |
| FY2023 | 4.33 | (0.20) |
| FY2022 | 4.52 | (1.38) |
| FY2021 | 5.90 | 0.89 |
| FY2020 | 5.01 | 0.43 |
| FY2019 | 4.58 | 0.42 |
| FY2018 | 4.16 | (0.66) |
| FY2017 | 4.82 | (0.42) |
| FY2016 | 5.24 | 0.66 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.36 | — | 0.44 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.82 | — | 1.15 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.30 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 3.78 | — | 2.27 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.72 | — | 0.72 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 4.88 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 6.89 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 9.0× |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | 4.9× |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 4.4× |
| CBT Cabot Corporation compare | 3.5× |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 2.4× |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 2.3× |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 1.6× |
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 1.4× |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | 1.2× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets