SXT

MKT CAP:$5B

Sensient Technologies Corporation

Market Cap

$5B

Basic Materials·Chemicals - Specialty·🇺🇸 United States·NYSE

Materials·Chemicals·🇺🇸·NYSE

Stock Price

$99.23+$5.79 (+6.20%)

Apr 23, 2026

Company Details

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through thr...

CEO

Paul Manning

IPO Date

Mar 17, 1980

Website

www.sensient.com

Key Metrics TTM

Revenue

$1.7B

+5.8% YoY

Net Income

$144M

EPS (Diluted)

$3.39

Free Cash Flow

$38M

Revenue / Share

$38.80

Gross Margin

24.6%

Operating Margin

13.3%

Net Margin

8.7%

FCF Margin

2.3%

P/S

3.1x

P/E

35.3x

Earnings Reports

Q1 2026

Apr 24, 2026

NEW

$436M+11.1%EPS $1.04

FY 2025

Feb 13, 2026

$1.6B+3.5%EPS $3.16

Q4 2025

Feb 13, 2026

$393M+4.5%EPS $0.60

Q3 2025

Nov 4, 2025

$412M+5.0%EPS $0.87

Q2 2025

Aug 5, 2025

$414M+2.7%EPS $0.88

Revenue & Profitability

Quarter	Revenue	Gross Profit	Operating Income
Q2 22	$372M	$131M	$55M
Q3 22	$361M	$122M	$47M
Q4 22	$349M	$112M	$41M
Q1 23	$369M	$125M	$51M
Q2 23	$374M	$122M	$52M
Q3 23	$364M	$114M	$45M
Q4 23	$349M	$100M	$8M
Q1 24	$385M	$127M	$49M
Q2 24	$404M	$131M	$50M
Q3 24	$393M	$130M	$51M
Q4 24	$376M	$119M	$42M
Q1 25	$392M	$132M	$54M
Q2 25	$414M	$143M	$58M
Q3 25	$412M	$141M	$58M
Q4 25	$393M	$123M	$38M
Q1 26	$436M	$0	$67M

Valuation

Quarter	P/S	P/E
Q2 22	3.6x	37.2x
Q3 22	3.6x	36.7x
Q4 22	3.5x	36.2x
Q1 23	3.5x	37.1x
Q2 23	3.5x	38.3x
Q3 23	3.5x	39.7x
Q4 23	3.5x	54.5x
Q1 24	3.5x	56.2x
Q2 24	3.4x	58.2x
Q3 24	3.3x	57.4x
Q4 24	3.3x	40.9x
Q1 25	3.3x	39.7x
Q2 25	3.2x	37.8x
Q3 25	3.2x	36.6x
Q4 25	3.2x	37.9x
Q1 26	3.1x	35.3x

Operating Cash Flow

Quarter	Operating CF	Free CF
Q1 22	-$892.0K	-$14M
Q2 22	$24M	$4M
Q3 22	-$8M	-$27M
Q4 22	-$3M	-$30M
Q1 23	-$3M	-$25M
Q2 23	$55M	$32M
Q3 23	$55M	$33M
Q4 23	$63M	$43M
Q1 24	$15M	$4M
Q2 24	$44M	$32M
Q3 24	$77M	$64M
Q4 24	$21M	-$2M
Q1 25	-$9M	-$26M
Q2 25	$48M	$27M
Q3 25	$44M	$24M
Q4 25	$45M	$13M

Capital Expenditures

Quarter	CapEx
Q1 22	$13M
Q2 22	$20M
Q3 22	$19M
Q4 22	$28M
Q1 23	$22M
Q2 23	$23M
Q3 23	$23M
Q4 23	$20M
Q1 24	$11M
Q2 24	$12M
Q3 24	$13M
Q4 24	$23M
Q1 25	$17M
Q2 25	$21M
Q3 25	$20M
Q4 25	$32M

CapEx

OpEx vs Revenue Growth (YoY)

Quarter	Revenue Growth	OpEx Growth
Q2 22	+10.7%	+5.6%
Q3 22	+4.9%	+5.5%
Q4 22	+2.4%	+2.2%
Q1 23	+3.8%	+5.1%
Q2 23	+0.7%	+2.0%
Q3 23	+0.8%	+1.8%
Q4 23	+0.2%	+11.0%
Q1 24	+4.2%	+5.4%
Q2 24	+7.8%	+9.7%
Q3 24	+7.9%	+7.1%
Q4 24	+7.8%	-2.0%
Q1 25	+2.0%	+1.1%
Q2 25	+2.7%	+0.8%
Q3 25	+5.0%	+3.6%
Q4 25	+4.5%	+6.2%
Q1 26	+11.1%	+8.9%

Stock-Based Compensation

Quarter	SBC ($)	% of Revenue
Q1 22	$4M	1.2%
Q2 22	$5M	1.2%
Q3 22	$4M	1.0%
Q4 22	$4M	1.1%
Q1 23	$2M	0.6%
Q2 23	$2M	0.7%
Q3 23	$3M	0.7%
Q4 23	$2M	0.5%
Q1 24	$2M	0.5%
Q2 24	$3M	0.7%
Q3 24	$2M	0.5%
Q4 24	$3M	0.8%
Q1 25	$3M	0.7%
Q2 25	$4M	0.9%
Q3 25	$4M	1.0%
Q4 25	$3M	0.9%

OpEx Breakdown

Quarter	SG&A
Q2 22	$76M
Q3 22	$74M
Q4 22	$70M
Q1 23	$74M
Q2 23	$71M
Q3 23	$69M
Q4 23	$92M
Q1 24	$77M
Q2 24	$81M
Q3 24	$80M
Q4 24	$77M
Q1 25	$78M
Q2 25	$85M
Q3 25	$84M
Q4 25	$85M
Q1 26	$86M

Revenue Segments

Quarter

Revenue by Geography

Quarter	Asia Pacific Segment	Europe	North America	Other Segments
Q2 22	$60M	$71M	$218M	$23M
Q3 22	$58M	$61M	$216M	$25M
Q4 22	$51M	$61M	$215M	$22M
Q1 23	$63M	$72M	$210M	$24M
Q2 23	$58M	$76M	$215M	$25M
Q3 23	$54M	$62M	$223M	$24M
Q4 23	$47M	$66M	$210M	$26M
Q1 24	$60M	$78M	$222M	$24M
Q2 24	$58M	$78M	$239M	$29M
Q3 24	$61M	$68M	$231M	$33M
Q4 24	$60M	$69M	$218M	$29M
Q1 25	$62M	$76M	$228M	$26M
Q2 25	$63M	$84M	$237M	$31M
Q3 25	$62M	$82M	$239M	$29M
Q4 25	$61M	$73M	$231M	$29M

War Chest

Quarter	Cash	Short-term Investments	Total
Q2 22	$25M	$0	$25M
Q3 22	$47M	$0	$47M
Q4 22	$21M	$0	$21M
Q1 23	$24M	$0	$24M
Q2 23	$37M	$0	$37M
Q3 23	$32M	$0	$32M
Q4 23	$29M	$0	$29M
Q1 24	$25M	$0	$25M
Q2 24	$30M	$0	$30M
Q3 24	$37M	$0	$37M
Q4 24	$27M	$0	$27M
Q1 25	$33M	$0	$33M
Q2 25	$57M	$0	$57M
Q3 25	$43M	$0	$43M
Q4 25	$37M	$0	$37M
Q1 26	$39M	$0	$39M

Shares Outstanding

Quarter	Shares (Diluted)	QoQ Change	YoY Change
Q2 22	42M	+0.1%	-0.1%
Q3 22	42M	+0.1%	+0.1%
Q4 22	42M	+0.0%	+0.2%
Q1 23	42M	0.0%	+0.3%
Q2 23	42M	-0.0%	+0.1%
Q3 23	42M	-0.0%	-0.0%
Q4 23	42M	-0.4%	-0.5%
Q1 24	42M	+0.6%	+0.1%
Q2 24	42M	+0.2%	+0.4%
Q3 24	42M	+0.1%	+0.5%
Q4 24	42M	+0.1%	+1.0%
Q1 25	42M	+0.0%	+0.4%
Q2 25	43M	+0.1%	+0.3%
Q3 25	43M	+0.3%	+0.6%
Q4 25	43M	+0.0%	+0.5%
Q1 26	43M	+0.0%	+0.5%

Shares Outstanding

Revenue Per Employee

Period	Revenue/Employee	Employees
Q2 22	$96.7K	4K
Q3 22	$93.9K	4K
Q4 22	$85.2K	4K
Q1 23	$90.1K	4K
Q2 23	$91.4K	4K
Q3 23	$88.9K	4K
Q4 23	$88.3K	4K
Q1 24	$97.2K	4K
Q2 24	$102.0K	4K
Q3 24	$99.2K	4K
Q4 24	$93.8K	4K
Q1 25	$97.7K	4K
Q2 25	$103.2K	4K
Q3 25	$102.7K	4K
Q4 25	$96.7K	4K
Q1 26	$107.1K	4K

Revenue / Employee