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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
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Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Gross margin
Sensient Technologies Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 35.1%, up 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.4% (fiscal 2019) to 34.9% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 33.5% | 0.89 |
| FY2024 | 32.6% | 0.96 |
| FY2023 | 31.6% | (2.44) |
| FY2022 | 34.0% | 1.10 |
| FY2021 | 32.9% | 1.13 |
| FY2020 | 31.8% | 0.45 |
| FY2019 | 31.4% | (2.25) |
| FY2018 | 33.6% | (1.29) |
| FY2017 | 34.9% | 0.53 |
| FY2016 | 34.4% | 1.34 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 36.2% | (1.21) |
| Jun 2026 | 37.4% | 2.37 |
| Mar 2026 | 35.0% | 3.68 |
| Dec 2025 | 31.4% | (2.95) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 54.5% |
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 36.5% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | 35.1% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 33.6% |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 31.7% |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 31.7% |
| CBT Cabot Corporation compare | 21.6% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 20.6% |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | 6.57% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 27.8% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 25.0% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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