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
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$1.4B
-4.0% YoY
FY Net Income
$118.7M
-15.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$84.4M
+225.5% YoY
Revenue Growth
+3.5%
EPS Growth
+7.4%
Gross Margin
33.8%
Net Margin
8.7%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Gross Profit | 539M | 507M | 460M | 489M | 455M |
| Operating Income | 207M | 192M | 155M | 197M | 170M |
| EBITDA | 268M | 252M | 213M | 249M | 222M |
| Net Income | 134M | 125M | 93M | 141M | 119M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 37M | 27M | 29M | 21M | 26M |
| Total Assets | 2.2B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.1B | 963M | 961M | 982M | 807M |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1000M | 938M |
| Total Debt | 779M | 633M | 659M | 651M | 512M |
| Net Debt | 742M | 607M | 630M | 630M | 486M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
145M
+1103.1% YoY
Capital Expenditures
61M
+23.4% YoY
Free Cash Flow
84M
+225.5% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
33.8%
Operating Margin
13.3%
Net Margin
8.7%
ROE
12.1%
Debt / Equity
0.63x
Next Step
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