Minerals Technologies
MTX · Specialty Chemicals
$62.90
1.8%Sensient Technologies
SXT · Specialty Chemicals
$132.65
1.3%The short version
- Minerals Technologies is the larger business, with $2.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.6B for Sensient Technologies.
- Sensient Technologies grew revenue faster (3.5%, against −2.2%).
- Sensient Technologies kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (12.9% operating margin, against 2.3% operating margin).
- Minerals Technologies turned more of its sales into free cash flow (4.2% FCF margin, against 2.4% FCF margin).
- Sensient Technologies earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.9%, against 1.6%).
| Latest fiscal year | MTX · FY25 | SXT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.0B | $5.7B |
| Revenue | $2.1B | $1.6B |
| Free cash flow | $86.6M | $38.4M |
| Net income | −$18.4M | $135M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −2.2% | 3.5% |
| 5-year growth | 5.4% | 3.9% |
| Share count change | −2.8% | 0.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 25.0% | 33.5% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 12.9% |
| Net margin | −0.9% | 8.3% |
| FCF margin | 4.2% | 2.4% |
| Return on capital | 1.6% | 8.9% |
| Return on equity | −1.1% | 11.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $629M | $673M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 2.5x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $72.7M | $69.6M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 35.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 |
FY16
MTX $1.6B
SXT $1.4B
FY17
MTX $1.7B
SXT $1.4B
FY18
MTX $1.8B
SXT $1.4B
FY19
MTX $1.8B
SXT $1.3B
FY20
MTX $1.6B
SXT $1.3B
FY21
MTX $1.9B
SXT $1.4B
FY22
MTX $2.1B
SXT $1.4B
FY23
MTX $2.2B
SXT $1.5B
FY24
MTX $2.1B
SXT $1.6B
FY25
MTX $2.1B
SXT $1.6B
MTX
SXT
FY16
MTX 13.7%
SXT 13.1%
FY17
MTX 14.6%
SXT 12.0%
FY18
MTX 14.2%
SXT 14.7%
FY19
MTX 11.7%
SXT 9.2%
FY20
MTX 11.8%
SXT 11.5%
FY21
MTX 12.7%
SXT 12.3%
FY22
MTX 10.1%
SXT 13.7%
FY23
MTX 7.9%
SXT 10.6%
FY24
MTX 13.5%
SXT 12.3%
FY25
MTX 2.3%
SXT 12.9%
MTX
SXT
FY16
MTX $163M
SXT $102M
FY17
MTX $131M
SXT −$20.0M
FY18
MTX $128M
SXT $32.8M
FY19
MTX $173M
SXT $138M
FY20
MTX $174M
SXT $167M
FY21
MTX $146M
SXT $84.4M
FY22
MTX $23.4M
SXT −$67.3M
FY23
MTX $140M
SXT $81.8M
FY24
MTX $147M
SXT $97.9M
FY25
MTX $86.6M
SXT $38.4M
MTX
SXT
FY16
MTX 9.1%
SXT 9.5%
FY17
MTX 12.4%
SXT 7.1%
FY18
MTX 10.1%
SXT 11.8%
FY19
MTX 8.3%
SXT 6.5%
FY20
MTX 7.4%
SXT 8.3%
FY21
MTX 8.9%
SXT 8.9%
FY22
MTX 7.3%
SXT 10.0%
FY23
MTX 5.6%
SXT 6.8%
FY24
MTX 8.8%
SXT 8.8%
FY25
MTX 1.6%
SXT 8.9%
MTX
SXT
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