Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT)

NYSE: SXT · USD

$132

+0.11 (+0.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	5.6B
Revenue (ttm)	1.7B
Net income (ttm)	158M
EPS (ttm)	$3.71
Shares out	42.6M
P/E (trailing)	35.6x
P/E (forward)	28.7x
Dividend	$1.64 (1.25%)
Volume	258,160
Beta	0.83

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Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 1.7B
Net income (ttm): 158M
EPS (ttm): $3.71
P/E (trailing): 35.6x
P/E (forward): 28.7x
Market cap: 5.6B

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Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E28.7

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Trailing P/E35.6

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ROE13.1

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ROIC9.6

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000310142
Company name	Sensient Technologies Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	81725T100
Earnings date	2026-10-30
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	4,070
Employees change	56
Employees growth	1.4%
Enterprise value	$6.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1882
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Specialty Chemicals
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US81725T1007
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-13
Last earnings date	2026-07-24
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1998-05-26
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$5.6B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-30
Options	Yes
Price	$131.99
Price currency	USD
Sector	Materials
SIC code	2860
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	SXT
U.S. state	Wisconsin
Website	https://www.sensient.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	33.67x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	28.02x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	29.38x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	28.14x
Earnings yield	2.81%
EV/Earnings	39.37x
EV/EBIT	25.03x
EV/EBITDA	20.02x
EV/FCF	1,387.51x
EV/Sales	3.65x
FCF / EV yield	0.07%
FCF yield	0.08%
Forward EV/Sales	3.23x
Forward P/E	28.71x
Forward P/S	2.85x
Graham number	49.83744
Graham upside	-61.33%
Industry forward P/E	19.58x
Industry P/E	43.86x
Lynch fair value	$23.86
Lynch upside	-81.49%
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	51.42x
P/B ratio	4.43x
P/E ratio	35.57x
P/FCF ratio	1,223.99x
P/OCF ratio	44.47x
P/S ratio	3.22x
PEG ratio	1.53x
Price / tangible book value	6.73x
Price/EBITDA ratio	17.66x
Sector forward P/E	15.1x
Sector P/E	22.71x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	14.59%
EBITDA margin	18.24%
Effective tax rate	24.2%
FCF margin	0.26%
Gross margin	34.88%
Operating margin	14.59%
Pretax margin	12.23%
Profit margin	9.27%
Profit per employee	$38,813
Profitable quarters	10
Profitable years	32
Revenue per employee	$418,543
ROA	6.79%
ROA (5Y)	6.2%
ROCE	11.82%
ROE	13.07%
ROE (5Y)	12.01%
ROIC	9.56%
ROIC (5Y)	8.89%
SBC / revenue	0.98%
Tax / revenue	2.96%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	17.05%
EPS growth (Q)	36.36%
EPS growth (QoQ)	15.38%
EPS growth 10Y	4.65%
EPS growth 3Y	5.72%
EPS growth 5Y	6.27%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	-92.9%
FCF growth (Q)	-64.25%
FCF growth 5Y	-50.05%
Gross profit growth	12.29%
Gross profit growth (Q)	19.48%
Gross profit growth 3Y	7.36%
Gross profit growth 5Y	6.29%
Net income growth	17.15%
Net income growth (Q)	36.64%
Net income growth (QoQ)	16.28%
Net income growth 3Y	5.94%
Net income growth 5Y	6.43%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	-10.28%
OCF growth (Q)	0.38%
OCF growth 10Y	-2.07%
OCF growth 3Y	44.39%
OCF growth 5Y	-9.25%
Operating income growth	16.97%
Operating income growth (Q)	25.66%
Operating income growth 3Y	9.17%
Operating income growth 5Y	8.64%
Revenue growth	8.12%
Revenue growth (Q)	11.55%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	6.02%
Revenue growth 10Y	2.08%
Revenue growth 3Y	5.44%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.7%
Revenue growth quarters	17
Revenue growth years	6

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-118.9M
Depreciation and amortization	$62.2M
EBIT	$248.5M
EBITDA	$310.7M
EPS	$3.71
FCF per share	$0.11
Financing cash flow	$-37.5M
Free cash flow	$4.5M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-12.2M
Gross profit	$594.1M
Income taxes	$50.4M
Investing cash flow	$-117M
Net borrowing	$38.4M
Net cash flow	$-25.7M
Net income	$158M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$106.7M
Operating income	$248.5M
Revenue	$1.7B
Stock-based compensation	$16.7M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	5
Book value per share	$29.75
Debt / EBITDA	2.35
Debt / equity	0.61
Debt / FCF	170.44
Goodwill	$435.1M
Interest coverage	8.16
Long-term assets	$1.2B
Long-term liabilities	$841.6M
Net cash (debt)	$-732.9M
Net cash / market cap	-13.36%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.36
Net debt / equity	0.58
Net debt / FCF	163.52
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$574.7M
Shareholders' equity	$1.3B
Tangible book value	$815.3M
Tangible book value per share	$19.25
Total assets	$2.4B
Total cash	$31M
Total debt	$763.9M
Total liabilities	$1.1B
WACC	8.1%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.74
Current assets	$1.2B
Current liabilities	$269.6M
Current ratio	4.39
Inventory turnover	1.66
Net working capital	$883.4M
Quick ratio	1.51
Working capital	$914M
Working capital turnover	1.97

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.49%
Dividend growth	0%
Dividend growth (10Y)	4.27%
Dividend growth (3Y)	0%
Dividend growth (5Y)	1.01%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-09-01
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.64
Dividend yield	1.25%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-03
FCF payout ratio	1,557.45%
Last dividend	$0.41
Payout ratio	44.2%
Shareholder yield	0.78%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	78.78%
10Y return CAGR	8.2%
10Y total return	119.9%
150-day SMA	$120.04
15Y price change	244.26%
15Y return CAGR	10.82%
15Y total return	366.89%
1D price change	0.08%
1M price change	2.14%
1M total return	2.14%
1W price change	-0.15%
1W total return	-0.15%
1Y price change	38.63%
1Y return CAGR	40.83%
1Y total return	40.8%
20-day SMA	$131.78
200-day SMA	$113.48
20Y price change	478.4%
20Y return CAGR	11.6%
20Y total return	798.19%
3M price change	5.65%
3M total return	6%
3Y price change	136.2%
3Y return CAGR	35.82%
3Y total return	150.61%
50-day SMA	$131.90
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$138.82
52-week high date	2026-08-26
52-week low	$82.60
52-week low date	2026-02-13
5Y price change	39.38%
5Y return CAGR	9.06%
5Y total return	54.26%
6M price change	5.9%
6M total return	6.62%
All-time high	$138.82
All-time high date	2026-08-26
All-time low	$1.46
All-time low date	1980-12-04
Average true range (ATR)	$3.02
Average volume	333K
Beta (1Y)	0.8
Beta (2Y)	0.68
Beta (5Y)	0.83
Change from 52-week high	-4.92%
Change from 52-week low	59.79%
Change from all-time high	-4.92%
Change from all-time low	8,921.87%
Change from open	0.43%
Day's gap	-0.36%
Dollar volume	$34.1M
High price	$131.99
Low price	$128.90
Monthly RSI	67.76
Open price	$131.42
Position in 52-week range	100%
Previous close	$131.89
Price vs 150-day SMA	9.95%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.16%
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.31%
Price vs 50-day SMA	0.07%
Relative volume	0.79
RSI	51.33
Sharpe ratio	0.95
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.97
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.29
Sortino ratio	1.97
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.9
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.69
Volume	258.2K
Weekly RSI	60.16
YTD price change	40.49%
YTD total return	42.06%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	41.9M
Float percentage	98.34%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.2%
Shares change (YoY)	0.49%
Shares held by insiders	1.62%
Shares held by institutions	100.52%
Shares outstanding	42.6M
Short % of float	3.17%
Short % of shares	3.12%
Short ratio	3.9 days

Deeper analysis on SXT

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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