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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) Operating margin
Sensient Technologies Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.5%, up 1.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.15% (fiscal 2019) to 14.7% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 12.9% | 0.55 |
| FY2024 | 12.3% | 1.66 |
| FY2023 | 10.6% | (3.05) |
| FY2022 | 13.7% | 1.37 |
| FY2021 | 12.3% | 0.86 |
| FY2020 | 11.5% | 2.31 |
| FY2019 | 9.15% | (5.52) |
| FY2018 | 14.7% | 2.35 |
| FY2017 | 12.3% | (1.10) |
| FY2016 | 13.4% | 1.33 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 15.9% | (0.71) |
| Jun 2026 | 16.6% | 1.29 |
| Mar 2026 | 15.3% | 5.60 |
| Dec 2025 | 9.71% | (4.29) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 20.7% |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 20.2% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | 14.5% |
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 14.5% |
| CBT Cabot Corporation compare | 12.7% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 12.4% |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 9.67% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 9.59% |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | 1.03% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 5.64% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 2.88% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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