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) Net margin

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Sensient Technologies Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.69%, up 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.34%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.20% (fiscal 2019) to 11.4% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 4.19% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.34% 0.33
FY2024 8.01% 1.60
FY2023 6.41% (3.39)
FY2022 9.80% 1.20
FY2021 8.60% 0.38
FY2020 8.22% 2.02
FY2019 6.20% (5.15)
FY2018 11.4% 4.77
FY2017 6.58% (2.55)
FY2016 9.13% 1.37

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 10.6% (0.50)
Jun 2026 11.1% 0.98
Mar 2026 10.1% 3.65
Dec 2025 6.48% (2.49)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.20% High 11.4%
Ten-year median 8.22%
Current reading's percentile 84

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 16.5%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 15.4%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 9.69%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 6.91%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 6.68%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 6.46%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 5.66%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 5.27%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −2.98%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 4.19%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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