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

Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Current ratio

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Sensient Technologies Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 4.0×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (4.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.2× (fiscal 2021) to 4.1× (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.3× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 4.1× 15.44%
FY2024 3.6× (10.33%)
FY2023 4.0× 15.40%
FY2022 3.4× 7.66%
FY2021 3.2× (7.09%)
FY2020 3.4× (12.27%)
FY2019 3.9× 2.13%
FY2018 3.8× 13.04%
FY2017 3.4× 1.04%
FY2016 3.4× (1.97%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 4.0× (9.55%)
Jun 2026 4.4× (12.43%)
Mar 2026 5.0× 22.19%
Dec 2025 4.1× (10.65%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.2× High 4.1×
Ten-year median 3.4×
Current reading's percentile 100

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 4.0×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 2.8×
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 2.5×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 2.5×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 2.2×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 1.7×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 1.6×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 1.5×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 0.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.3×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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