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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
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Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Return on invested capital
Sensient Technologies Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.80%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.94%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.12% (fiscal 2019) to 8.27% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.94% | (0.24) |
| FY2024 | 7.18% | 1.42 |
| FY2023 | 5.76% | (1.79) |
| FY2022 | 7.55% | 0.09 |
| FY2021 | 7.46% | 0.82 |
| FY2020 | 6.64% | 1.52 |
| FY2019 | 5.12% | (3.15) |
| FY2018 | 8.27% | 1.02 |
| FY2017 | 7.25% | (0.96) |
| FY2016 | 8.21% | 1.12 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 13.0% |
| CBT Cabot Corporation compare | 10.8% |
| BCPC Balchem Corporation compare | 10.2% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 7.99% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | 7.80% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 5.41% |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 5.36% |
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 3.10% |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | 2.03% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.21% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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