Basic Materials
Sensient Technologies Corporation(SXT)
Live Price
Offline$113.48
+2.19% today
1Y Change
+24.15%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $4.81B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.5%
- EPS Growth
- +7.4%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $4.81B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $113.48 and up 24.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.5%, EPS growth of +7.4%, a dividend yield of 1.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.5%, EPS +7.4%, free cash flow -60.8% with operating margin 13.3% and ROIC 8.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 33.1 and price/sales 2.9. Stock Foundry combines SXT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+3.5% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.3% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 24, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +3.5% and EPS at +7.4%, with operating margin around 13.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -3.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 24, 2026 | โ | +1.2% | -8.3% | -7.1% |
2026 Feb 13, 2026 | -7.7% | -0.7% | -1.2% | -5.0% |
2025 Oct 31, 2025 | +22.3% | -2.5% | -1.2% | +1.4% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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SXT Max Drawdown
-31.31%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
Sensient Technologies Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Flavors & Extracts Group, Color Group, and Asia Pacific Group. The company offers flavor-delivery systems, and compounded and blended products; ingredient products, such as essential oils, natural and synthetic flavors, and natural extracts; and chili powder, paprika, and chili pepper, as well as dehydrated vegetables comprising parsley, celery, and spinach to the food, beverage, personal care, and household-products industries. It also provides natural and synthetic color systems for use in foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals; colors and other ingredients for cosmetics, such as active ingredients, solubilizers, and surface treated pigments; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients, including colors, flavors, coatings, and nutraceutical ingredients; and technical colors for industrial applications under the Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical Coating Systems, Sensient Cosmetic Technologies, and Sensient Industrial Colors trade names. The company was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Leadership
- Paul Manning
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 4.0k
- Street Address
- 777 East Wisconsin Avenue
- Mailing
- Milwaukee, WI, 53202-5304
- Region
- Milwaukee, WI, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 414 271 6755
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 33.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.6
- Price/Sales
- 2.9
- Price/Book
- 3.9
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.5%
- EPS
- +7.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- -60.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 33.8%
- Operating Margin
- 13.3%
- Net Margin
- 8.7%
- ROE
- 12.1%
- ROIC
- 8.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.63
- Current Ratio
- 5.01
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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