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/S ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) trades at a P/S ratio of 2.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (April 2020) to 3.4× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 93% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 2.5× 27.63%
FY2024 1.9× 1.51%
FY2023 1.9× (10.31%)
FY2022 2.1× (30.56%)
FY2021 3.1× 30.20%
FY2020 2.3× 10.96%
FY2019 2.1× 23.63%
FY2018 1.7× (28.27%)
FY2017 2.4× (4.83%)
FY2016 2.5× 19.36%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/S ratio Change
Sep 2026 3.2× 3.38%
Jun 2026 3.1× 38.81%
Mar 2026 2.2× (10.29%)
Dec 2025 2.5× (0.98%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 3.4×
Ten-year median 2.2×
Current reading's percentile 92

P/S ratio against peers

Company P/S ratio
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 0.8×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 0.8×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 1.0×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 1.2×
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 1.5×
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 2.3×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 2.9×
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 5.1×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 5.6×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.6×
Basic Materials sector median 1.6×
Market median 1.9×

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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