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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) Return on assets
Sensient Technologies Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.23%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.60% (fiscal 2019) to 8.87% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.30% | 0.13 |
| FY2024 | 6.17% | 1.50 |
| FY2023 | 4.67% | (2.89) |
| FY2022 | 7.56% | 0.75 |
| FY2021 | 6.81% | 0.52 |
| FY2020 | 6.29% | 1.69 |
| FY2019 | 4.60% | (4.27) |
| FY2018 | 8.87% | 3.59 |
| FY2017 | 5.28% | (2.21) |
| FY2016 | 7.49% | 1.33 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 13.2% |
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 10.2% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | 7.23% |
| CBT Cabot Corporation compare | 5.41% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 4.31% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 4.11% |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 3.00% |
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 1.84% |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | −4.90% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 0.45% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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