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sensient technologies corp. - SXT

SXT

Close Chg Chg %
95.25 -0.90 -0.94%

Closed Market

94.35

-0.90 (0.94%)

Volume: 113.41K

Last Updated:

Dec 30, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: sensient technologies corp. - SXT

SXT Key Data

Open

$94.31

 Day Range

94.27 - 95.18

52 Week Range

66.15 - 121.53

 Market Cap

$4.05B

Shares Outstanding

42.48M

 Public Float

N/A

Beta

0.57

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

29.40

 EPS

$3.30

Yield

170.64%

 Dividend

$0.41

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 10, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

285.93K

  

SXT Performance

1 Week
 
 -1.74%
 
1 Month
 
 -3.13%
 
3 Months
 
 -0.48%
 
1 Year
 
 32.53%
 
5 Years
 
 28.02%
 

SXT Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
Full Ratings ➔

About sensient technologies corp. - SXT

Sensient Technologies Corp. engages in the manufacture of colors, flavors, and fragrances. It operates through the following segments: Flavors and Fragrances Group, Color Group, and Asia Pacific Group. The Flavors and Fragrances segment includes beverage flavors, bionutrients, savory flavors, sweet flavors, natural ingredients, and fragrance compounds and ingredients. The Color segment consists of natural and synthetic color solutions for the food and beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets. The Asia Pacific segment markets product lines in the Pacific Rim under the Sensient name. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

SXT At a Glance

Sensient Technologies Corp.
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5304
Phone 1-414-271-6755 Revenue 1.56B
Industry Food: Specialty/Candy Net Income 124.67M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2024 Sales Growth 6.919%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 4,014
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SXT Valuation

P/E Current 29.395
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 24.234
Price to Sales Ratio 1.94
Price to Book Ratio 2.833
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 19.22
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.546
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.353
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.183

SXT Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 387,949.178
Income Per Employee 31,057.798
Receivables Turnover 5.368
Total Asset Turnover 0.771

SXT Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.554
Quick Ratio 1.336
Cash Ratio 0.098

SXT Profitability

Gross Margin 32.564
Operating Margin 12.303
Pretax Margin 10.454
Net Margin 8.006
Return on Assets 6.174
Return on Equity 11.793
Return on Total Capital 7.203
Return on Invested Capital 7.27

SXT Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 63.127
Total Debt to Total Capital 38.698
Total Debt to Total Assets 33.095
Long-Term Debt to Equity 60.531
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 37.106
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Annual Financials for Sensient Technologies Corp. - SXT

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.38B 1.44B 1.46B 1.56B
Sales Growth
+3.62% +4.11% +1.35% +6.92%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
925.52M 947.93M 996.15M 1.05B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
52.05M 52.47M 57.82M 60.33M
Depreciation
50.25M 50.47M 55.52M 58.63M
Amortization of Intangibles
1.80M 2.00M 2.30M 1.70M
COGS Growth
+2.10% +2.42% +5.09% +5.42%
Gross Income
454.75M 489.11M 460.30M 507.09M
Gross Income Growth
+6.86% +7.56% -5.89% +10.17%
Gross Profit Margin
+32.95% +34.04% +31.60% +32.56%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
284.57M 292.36M 305.27M 315.51M
Research & Development
34.30M 42.20M 48.10M 49.10M
Other SG&A
250.27M 250.16M 257.17M 266.41M
SGA Growth
+10.14% +2.74% +4.42% +3.35%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - 148.00K
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
170.03M 196.75M 155.02M 191.58M
Non Operating Income/Expense
- - - -
-
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
12.54M 14.55M 25.17M 28.78M
Interest Expense Growth
-15.31% +15.97% +73.04% +14.34%
Gross Interest Expense
12.54M 14.55M 25.17M 28.78M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
157.48M 182.20M 129.85M 162.80M
Pretax Income Growth
+14.25% +15.70% -28.73% +25.37%
Pretax Margin
+11.41% +12.68% +8.92% +10.45%
Income Tax
38.74M 41.32M 36.46M 38.13M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
21.93M 26.78M 13.97M 23.68M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
22.88M 25.55M 27.59M 33.05M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(5.35M) (9.87M) (5.47M) (13.32M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(723.00K) (1.14M) 369.00K (5.27M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
118.75M 140.89M 93.39M 124.67M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
118.75M 140.89M 93.39M 124.67M
Net Income Growth
+8.47% +18.65% -33.71% +33.48%
Net Margin Growth
+8.60% +9.80% +6.41% +8.01%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
118.75M 140.89M 93.39M 124.67M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
118.75M 140.89M 93.39M 124.67M
EPS (Basic)
2.8221 3.3634 2.2222 2.958
EPS (Basic) Growth
+9.05% +19.18% -33.93% +33.11%
Basic Shares Outstanding
42.08M 41.89M 42.03M 42.15M
EPS (Diluted)
2.81 3.3375 2.2109 2.9405
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+8.70% +18.77% -33.76% +33.00%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
42.26M 42.21M 42.24M 42.40M
EBITDA
222.23M 249.22M 212.84M 251.91M
EBITDA Growth
+2.50% +12.15% -14.60% +18.35%
EBITDA Margin
+16.10% +17.34% +14.61% +16.18%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 122.333
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 0.97
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 3.97
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.785 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.537 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.63
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 1 1 3 3
Mean Estimate 0.97 1.10 3.97 4.63
High Estimates 0.97 1.10 4.01 4.79
Low Estimate 0.97 1.10 3.90 4.50
Coefficient of Variance N/A N/A 1.53 3.18

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 1 1 1
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Sensient Technologies Corp. - SXT

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Dec 19, 2025 Amy Schmidt Jones VP, HR and Senior Counsel 3,418 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 David J Plautz VP and Treasurer 622 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 David J Plautz VP and Treasurer 3,413 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Adam Vanderleest VP, Controller, and CAO 854 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Adam Vanderleest VP, Controller, and CAO 2,199 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Steve Morris President, Flavors Group 2,641 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Steve Morris President, Flavors Group 7,332 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Thierry Hoang VP, Asia Pacific Group 1,429 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Thierry Hoang VP, Asia Pacific Group 13,455 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Tobin Tornehl VP and Chief Financial Officer 4,350 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Tobin Tornehl VP and Chief Financial Officer 14,753 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Amy Schmidt Jones VP, HR and Senior Counsel 23,970 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Michael C. Geraghty President, Color Group 5,126 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Michael C. Geraghty President, Color Group 42,759 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Paul Manning Chairman, President & CEO; Director 29,516 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 Paul Manning Chairman, President & CEO; Director 260,940 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 John J. Manning SVP, GC & Secretary 4,195 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Dec 19, 2025 John J. Manning SVP, GC & Secretary 33,192 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 3, 2025 Joseph Carleone Director 22,777 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Oct 3, 2025 Mario G. Ferruzzi Director 3,173 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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