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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 11.6%, EPS grew 36.0%, free cash flow fell 64.3% and total debt rose 3.73%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

133.74 0.32 +0.24%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
36.0×
Fwd P/E
28.5×
Dividend yield
1.23%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
4.88
Beneish M
−2.43
Dividend safety
46/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.29
Total sells 234.08
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 2 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — — 2 2 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.78%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,680.00
Revenue 1,703.47
Net Income 157.97
Free Cash Flow 4.48
Net Debt 732.88
Current Ratio 4.39 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.61
P/E ratio 35.95 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 28.50
P/S ratio 3.32
P/B ratio 4.50
Past 5Y EPS Growth 4.06%
This Y EPS Growth 20.24% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 19.35% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 11.84% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 23.59% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 3.8×, against a ten-year median of 2.7×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.8× in 2020 to 3.8× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 91.60%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 99.59%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 99.26%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 99.59%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 99.49%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.44
Annual Dividend Rate 1.64
Annual Dividend Yield 1.23%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.68
0.41
0.41
0.41
2025 1.64
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2024 1.64
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2023 1.64
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2022 1.64
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2021 1.58
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.41
2020 1.56
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.39
2019 1.47
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.39
2018 1.35
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.36
2017 1.23
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.33
2016 1.11
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.30
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 29 27 37 31
Receivables 272 290 305 377
Inventory 598 600 678 719
Other — — 2 —
937 962 1,081 1,184
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 131 139 138 145
ST’ Debt 13 20 0 0
Other — 112 125 124
236 271 264 270

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.60% 3.89% 3.91%
Cash Flow (0.02%) (10.19%) 119.60%
Earnings 2.33% 4.20% (1.54%)
Book Value 3.51% 5.02% 6.09%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 436 462 — — —
’25 392 414 412 393 1,612
’24 385 404 393 376 1,557
’23 369 374 364 349 1,456
’22 356 372 361 349 1,437
’21 360 336 344 340 1,380
’20 351 323 324 335 1,332
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (14) 48 — — —
’25 (9) 48 44 45 128
’24 15 44 77 21 157
’23 (3) 55 55 63 170
’22 (1) 24 (8) (3) 12
’21 29 60 27 29 145
’20 37 71 35 76 219
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (42) 10 — — —
’25 (26) 27 24 13 38
’24 4 32 64 (2) 98
’23 (25) 32 32 43 82
’22 (14) 4 (27) (30) (67)
’21 15 49 15 6 84
’20 28 59 23 58 167
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.04 1.20 — — —
’25 0.81 0.88 0.87 0.60 3.16
’24 0.73 0.73 0.77 0.71 2.94
’23 0.80 0.81 0.75 (0.14) 2.21
’22 0.88 0.92 0.85 0.69 3.34
’21 0.75 0.61 0.80 0.65 2.81
’20 0.49 0.72 0.78 0.59 2.59
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 52.69 71.21 51.93 54.77 38.24 69.96 63.17 52.90 55.02 66.15

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 83.38 84.98 78.40 75.21 75.30 106.32 101.76 79.19 82.99 121.54
People
People Employees 4,083 4,023 4,113 4,058 3,948 3,844 4,094 3,956 4,014 4,070
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.40
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,383 1,362 1,387 1,323 1,332 1,380 1,437 1,456 1,557 1,612
Gross margin, % 34.37 34.90 33.61 31.36 31.81 32.94 34.04 31.60 32.56 33.45
EBT 167 148 182 101 138 157 182 130 163 178
EBT margin, % 12.09 10.90 13.09 7.63 10.35 11.41 12.68 8.92 10.45 11.01
Net income 126 90 157 82 109 119 141 93 125 134
Depreciation 47 49 53 55 50 52 52 58 60 61
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 31.07 31.12 32.70 31.30 31.49 32.80 34.31 34.66 36.95 38.17
Earnings 2.84 2.05 3.71 1.94 2.59 2.82 3.36 2.22 2.96 3.18
Cash flow 4.12 0.83 1.97 4.19 5.17 3.45 0.29 4.04 3.73 3.03
Capex (1.82) (1.29) (1.20) (0.93) (1.23) (1.44) (1.89) (2.09) (1.40) (2.12)
Free cash flow 2.30 (0.46) 0.77 3.27 3.94 2.01 (1.61) 1.95 2.32 0.91
Book value 18.77 19.47 20.28 20.86 22.09 22.30 23.86 25.06 25.17 28.26
Shares, m 45 44 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.37 36.14 15.01 34.07 28.59 35.36 21.56 29.66 24.16 29.54
P/S 2.50 2.38 1.71 2.11 2.34 3.05 2.12 1.90 1.93 2.46
P/B 4.14 3.81 2.75 3.17 3.34 4.49 3.05 2.63 2.83 3.32
EV/Sales 2.92 2.82 2.20 2.56 2.72 3.40 2.56 2.33 2.32 2.88
EV/FCF 39.42 (191.55) 92.92 24.56 21.74 55.62 (54.63) 41.51 36.86 120.81
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 184 36 84 177 219 145 12 170 157 128
Capex (81) (56) (51) (39) (52) (61) (79) (88) (59) (89)
Free cash flow 102 (20) 33 138 167 84 (67) 82 98 38
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 503 517 608 587 526 509 663 700 691 818
Total debt 603 624 710 619 527 512 651 659 633 710
Net debt 577 595 678 598 502 486 630 630 607 673
Shareholders’ equity 836 852 860 882 934 938 1,000 1,053 1,061 1,194
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.49 5.28 8.87 4.60 6.29 6.81 7.56 4.67 6.17 6.30
ROIC 8.21 7.25 8.27 5.12 6.64 7.46 7.55 5.76 7.18 6.94
ROE 15.02 10.62 18.38 9.42 12.06 12.68 14.54 9.10 11.79 11.93
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Sensient Technologies Corporation vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NEU NewMarket Corporation $8.2B 18.8× — (loss-making) +6.96% (above 0%: growing) +22.80% (above 0%: growing) −6.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.45% 21.91% Compare
WLK Westlake Corporation $8.1B — (loss-making) 24.8× +10.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +184.09% (above 0%: growing) 19.93% 11.13% Compare
EMN Eastman Chemical Company $7.3B 16.1× 11.5× +9.88% (above 0%: growing) +31.15% (above 0%: growing) +49.40% (above 0%: growing) 22.28% 12.38% Compare
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $7.2B 20.5× 13.6× +3.14% (above 0%: growing) −16.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +7.22% (above 0%: growing) 34.55% 12.41% Compare
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation $5.7B 36.0× 28.5× +11.55% (above 0%: growing) +35.96% (above 0%: growing) −64.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.40% 16.60%
BCPC Balchem Corporation $5.4B 33.5× 30.5× +11.17% (above 0%: growing) +18.80% (above 0%: growing) −11.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.51% 20.85% Compare
CLMT Calumet, Inc. $5.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +40.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +450.65% (above 0%: growing) 1.27% (2.77%) Compare
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA $4.5B — (loss-making) 14.0× +31.46% (above 0%: growing) n/m +56.62% (above 0%: growing) 55.13% (94.95%) Compare
CBT Cabot Corporation $3.9B 20.9× 8.6× +6.39% (above 0%: growing) −93.58% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.74% 9.98% Compare
Median of peers $6.3B 20.5× 13.8× +10.33% +18.80% +28.31% 27.37% 11.75%

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Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) key facts

  • Strength: Sensient Technologies Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.6 billion, up 3.52% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $134.5 million, or $3.18 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.34%.
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, SXT traded at $133.74, a market capitalization of $5.7 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 36.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 92% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share, a yield of 1.23%, with a payout ratio of 44.2%.
  • Return on equity was 11.9% and debt-to-equity 0.61.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.88 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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