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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 5 November 2026, Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 18.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.5× (December 2018) to 24.1× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 72% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 17.3× 20.74%
FY2024 14.3× (10.20%)
FY2023 16.0× 8.26%
FY2022 14.7× (30.29%)
FY2021 21.1× 18.07%
FY2020 17.9× (6.98%)
FY2019 19.3× 62.21%
FY2018 11.9× (33.10%)
FY2017 17.7× 2.22%
FY2016 17.4× 6.08%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 19.8× 0.40%
Jun 2026 19.7× 26.94%
Mar 2026 15.6× (10.09%)
Dec 2025 17.3× 1.55%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 11.5× High 24.1×
Ten-year median 17.3×
Current reading's percentile 72

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 7.1×
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 8.0×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 10.6×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 10.8×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 11.0×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 18.3×
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 20.8×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 25.2×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 47.9×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.9×
Basic Materials sector median 9.2×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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