Sensient Technologies
SXT NYSE· Specialty Chemicals
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$131.45
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Sensient Technologies had $1.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +3.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 12.9%, up 0.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 13 is left after running the business.
- Sensient Technologies made $135M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 1.3% a year.
- Free cash flow was $38.4M in fiscal 2025, 2.4% of revenue.
- Sensient Technologies returned $69.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 181% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.5%.
- Sensient Technologies owes $673M more than it holds in cash, about 2.5 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$5.6B
P/E
35.4x
Revenue
$1.6B
Net income
$135M
Free cash flow
$38.4M
Operating margin
12.9%
Sensient Technologies in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+3.5%
Only a little. Sales grew 3.5% last year.
Does it make a profit?
8.3%
A little. It keeps 8.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.4%
Partly. 2.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.5x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.5 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
35.4x
One share costs 35.4 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 20.1x.
What Sensient Technologies does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 13, 2026
- Legal name
- Sensient Technologies Corp
- CIK
- 0000310142
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.6B |
| Revenue growth | 3.6% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 6.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 34.0% | 31.6% | 32.6% | 33.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 13.7% | 10.6% | 12.3% | 12.9% |
| Net income | $119M | $141M | $93.4M | $125M | $135M |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 9.8% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.81 | $3.34 | $2.21 | $2.94 | $3.16 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $145M | $12.1M | $170M | $157M | $128M |
| Capital expenditure | $60.8M | $79.3M | $87.9M | $59.2M | $89.4M |
| Free cash flow | $84.4M | −$67.3M | $81.8M | $97.9M | $38.4M |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | −4.7% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 2.4% |
| Dividends paid | $66.7M | $68.9M | $69.2M | $69.4M | $69.6M |
| Share buybacks | $42.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −0.2% | −0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $25.7M | $20.9M | $28.9M | $26.6M | $36.5M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $512M | $631M | $645M | $614M | $709M |
| Shareholders' equity | $938M | $1,000M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.9x | 2.3x | 2.5x |
| Current ratio | 3.2x | 3.4x | 4.0x | 3.6x | 4.1x |
| Interest coverage | 13.6x | 13.5x | 6.2x | 6.7x | 7.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 8.9% | 10.0% | 6.8% | 8.8% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | 12.7% | 14.5% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 11.9% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.3M
2 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$234M
5 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Sensient Technologies · SXT
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensient Technologies SXT | $5.6B | 3.5% | 12.9% | 2.4% | 8.9% | 35.4x | 6 |
| Innospec IOSP | $2.4B | −3.7% | 7.3% | 5.0% | 11.1% | 20.2x | 6 |
| Quaker Chemical KWR | $2.7B | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 27.6x | 5 |
| Minerals Technologies MTX | $1.9B | −2.2% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 1.6% | — | 4 |
| Ingevity NGVT | $2.5B | −2.7% | 35.9% | 23.4% | 24.6% | 47.4x | 6 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $131.45 a share, the company is worth $5.6B: 35.4 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Sensient Technologies grew sales faster than 4 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000310142). Data updated October 22, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.