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) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) trades at a P/B ratio of 3.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.9× (March 2020) to 4.7× (November 2021); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 3.3× 17.46%
FY2024 2.8× 7.75%
FY2023 2.6× (13.73%)
FY2022 3.0× (32.13%)
FY2021 4.5× 34.33%
FY2020 3.3× 5.42%
FY2019 3.2× 15.04%
FY2018 2.8× (27.63%)
FY2017 3.8× (8.09%)
FY2016 4.1× 21.33%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Sep 2026 4.3× 3.82%
Jun 2026 4.1× 38.17%
Mar 2026 3.0× (9.78%)
Dec 2025 3.3× (1.04%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.9× High 4.7×
Ten-year median 3.4×
Current reading's percentile 83

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare n/m
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 1.2×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 2.1×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 2.9×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 3.3×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 3.5×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 3.9×
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 4.3×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 301×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.9×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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