Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$113.48
+2.19% today
1Y Change
+24.15%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 15, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → 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 → 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.
Benchmark Comparison
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SXT
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
SXT Max Drawdown
-31.31%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for SXT and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
1.45%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.23
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | Feb 3, 2026 | Mar 2, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Nov 10, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Aug 4, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2025 | May 12, 2025 | Jun 2, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Feb 4, 2025 | Mar 3, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Nov 4, 2024 | Dec 2, 2024 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Aug 5, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| May 3, 2024 | May 6, 2024 | Jun 3, 2024 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Feb 6, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Nov 6, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Aug 7, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| May 5, 2023 | May 8, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Feb 7, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Nov 7, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| May 6, 2022 | May 9, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Feb 2, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Oct 29, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | $0.41 | $0.41 | Quarterly |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Aug 2, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Apr 30, 2021 | May 3, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Feb 2, 2021 | Mar 1, 2021 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Aug 3, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| May 7, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Feb 4, 2020 | Mar 2, 2020 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Nov 1, 2019 | Nov 4, 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | $0.39 | $0.39 | Quarterly |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Aug 2, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| May 9, 2019 | May 10, 2019 | Jun 3, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 4, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Nov 5, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Aug 2, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | Sep 4, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| May 10, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Feb 5, 2018 | Feb 6, 2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Nov 6, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Aug 4, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| May 10, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | Jun 1, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Feb 7, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 7, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 5, 2016 | Sep 1, 2016 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| May 4, 2016 | May 6, 2016 | Jun 1, 2016 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
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