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sensient technologies corp. - SXT

SXT

Close Chg Chg %
130.87 1.75 1.34%

Closed Market

132.62

+1.75 (1.34%)

Volume: 395.20K

Last Updated:

Oct 23, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: sensient technologies corp. - SXT

SXT Key Data

Open

$130.45

 Day Range

129.37 - 132.88

52 Week Range

82.60 - 138.82

 Market Cap

$5.63B

Shares Outstanding

42.56M

 Public Float

42.02M

Beta

0.83

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

35.73

 EPS

$3.73

Yield

125.25%

 Dividend

$0.41

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Aug 3, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

345.03K

  

SXT Performance

1 Week
 
 -0.82%
 
1 Month
 
 2.65%
 
3 Months
 
 4.62%
 
1 Year
 
 37.15%
 
5 Years
 
 38.76%
 

SXT Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
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 1.61B
Industry Food: Specialty/Candy Net Income 134.49M
Sector Consumer Non-Durables 2025 Sales Growth 3.524%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 4,070
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SXT Valuation

P/E Current 35.729
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 29.755
Price to Sales Ratio 2.482
Price to Book Ratio 3.327
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 31.31
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 17.577
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.925
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.159

SXT Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 396,096.069
Income Per Employee 33,043.98
Receivables Turnover 5.279
Total Asset Turnover 0.755

SXT Liquidity

Current Ratio 4.103
Quick Ratio 1.53
Cash Ratio 0.139

SXT Profitability

Gross Margin 33.453
Operating Margin 12.848
Pretax Margin 11.013
Net Margin 8.342
Return on Assets 6.302
Return on Equity 11.931
Return on Total Capital 6.922
Return on Invested Capital 7.399

SXT Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 62.788
Total Debt to Total Capital 38.57
Total Debt to Total Assets 33.393
Long-Term Debt to Equity 61.87
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 38.007
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Annual Financials for Sensient Technologies Corp. - SXT

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.44B 1.46B 1.56B 1.61B
Sales Growth
+4.11% +1.35% +6.92% +3.52%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
947.93M 996.15M 1.05B 1.07B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
52.47M 57.82M 60.33M 61.10M
Depreciation
50.47M 55.52M 58.63M 59.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
2.00M 2.30M 1.70M 2.10M
COGS Growth
+2.42% +5.09% +5.42% +2.16%
Gross Income
489.11M 460.30M 507.09M 539.30M
Gross Income Growth
+7.56% -5.89% +10.17% +6.35%
Gross Profit Margin
+34.04% +31.60% +32.56% +33.45%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
292.36M 305.27M 315.51M 332.17M
Research & Development
42.20M 48.10M 49.10M 52.90M
Other SG&A
250.16M 257.17M 266.41M 279.27M
SGA Growth
+2.74% +4.42% +3.35% +5.28%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
196.75M 155.02M 191.58M 207.13M
Non Operating Income/Expense
- - - -
-
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
14.55M 25.17M 28.78M 29.58M
Interest Expense Growth
+15.97% +73.04% +14.34% +2.78%
Gross Interest Expense
14.55M 25.17M 28.78M 29.58M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
182.20M 129.85M 162.80M 177.55M
Pretax Income Growth
+15.70% -28.73% +25.37% +9.06%
Pretax Margin
+12.68% +8.92% +10.45% +11.01%
Income Tax
41.32M 36.46M 38.13M 43.06M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
26.78M 13.97M 23.68M 15.33M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
25.55M 27.59M 33.05M 30.43M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(9.87M) (5.47M) (13.32M) (1.29M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(1.14M) 369.00K (5.27M) (1.41M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
140.89M 93.39M 124.67M 134.49M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
140.89M 93.39M 124.67M 134.49M
Net Income Growth
+18.65% -33.71% +33.48% +7.88%
Net Margin Growth
+9.80% +6.41% +8.01% +8.34%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
140.89M 93.39M 124.67M 134.49M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
140.89M 93.39M 124.67M 134.49M
EPS (Basic)
3.3634 2.2222 2.958 3.1842
EPS (Basic) Growth
+19.18% -33.93% +33.11% +7.65%
Basic Shares Outstanding
41.89M 42.03M 42.15M 42.24M
EPS (Diluted)
3.3375 2.2109 2.9405 3.1574
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+18.77% -33.76% +33.00% +7.38%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
42.21M 42.24M 42.40M 42.59M
EBITDA
249.22M 212.84M 251.91M 268.23M
EBITDA Growth
+12.15% -14.60% +18.35% +6.48%
EBITDA Margin
+17.34% +14.61% +16.18% +16.64%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 144.40
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate 0.876
FY Report Date 12 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 4.184
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.109 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.48 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 4.994
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 3 N/A 5 5
Mean Estimate 0.88 N/A 4.18 4.99
High Estimates 0.93 N/A 4.20 5.13
Low Estimate 0.84 N/A 4.12 4.83
Coefficient of Variance 5.46 N/A 0.86 2.55

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 2
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 2 2 2
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Sensient Technologies Corp. - SXT

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Apr 28, 2026 Donald W. Landry Director 11,121 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Carol R. Jackson Director 7,214 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Carol R. Jackson Director 6,540 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 648,964.20
Apr 28, 2026 Mario G. Ferruzzi Director 8,521 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 845,538.83
Apr 28, 2026 Mario G. Ferruzzi Director 9,195 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Sharad P. Jain Director 6,997 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Donald W. Landry Director 10,447 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 1,036,655.81
Apr 28, 2026 Scott Charles Morrison Director 12,220 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Brett W. Bruggeman Director 3,849 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Brett W. Bruggeman Director 3,566 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 353,854.18
Apr 28, 2026 Joseph Carleone Director 23,670 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Essie M. Whitelaw Director 17,584 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 1,744,860.32
Apr 28, 2026 Essie M. Whitelaw Director 18,258 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 28, 2026 Scott Charles Morrison Director 11,546 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $99.23 per share 1,145,709.58
Apr 2, 2026 Joseph Carleone Director 23,780 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Apr 2, 2026 Mario G. Ferruzzi Director 3,323 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 John J. Manning SVP, GC & Secretary 4,195 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 Amy Schmidt Jones VP, HR and Senior Counsel 23,970 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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