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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
SXT
$5.4B
Mkt Cap
$126.79
+8.34%
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a current P/E ratio of 40.1, compared to its historical median P/E of 27.3. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 8.4%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a market capitalization of $5.4B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 1.29%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) appears expensive. The current P/E of 40.1 is 47% above its historical median of 27.3. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 0.8%.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) operates in the Industrial Organic Chemicals industry, within the Materials sector.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) reported annual revenue of $1.6 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Sensient Technologies Corporation (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin in 1882. Its principal executive offices are located at 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5304, telephone (414) 271-6755. The Company is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). In accordance with the Exchange Act, the Company files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission). These reports and other information may be accessed from the website maintained by the Commission at https://www.sec.gov. The Company can also be reached at its website at www.sensient.com.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Net Income | 144M | 134M | 125M | 93M | 141M | 119M |
| EPS | $3.26 | $3.16 | $2.94 | $2.21 | $3.34 | $2.81 |
| Free Cash Flow | 22M | 38M | 98M | 82M | -67M | 84M |
| ROIC | 8.6% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 6.5% | 9.8% | 8.9% |
| Gross Margin | - | 33.5% | 32.6% | 31.6% | 34.0% | 32.9% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.57 |
| Dividends/Share | $1.63 | $1.64 | $1.64 | $1.64 | $1.64 | $1.58 |
| Operating Income | 220M | 207M | 192M | 155M | 197M | 170M |
| Operating Margin | 13.3% | 12.8% | 12.3% | 10.6% | 13.7% | 12.3% |
| ROE | 11.8% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 9.1% | 14.5% | 12.7% |
| Shares Outstanding | 43M | 43M | 42M | 42M | 42M | 42M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B |
| Gross Margin | 35.6% | 34.8% | 36.1% | 36.5% | N/A | N/A | 31.8% | 32.9% | 34.0% | 31.6% | 32.6% | 33.5% | N/A |
| R&D | 36M | 35M | 41M | 41M | 43M | 40M | 39M | 34M | 42M | 48M | 49M | 53M | 53M |
| SG&A | 358M | 288M | 290M | 308M | 263M | 294M | 271M | 285M | 292M | 305M | 316M | 332M | 340M |
| EBIT | 131M | 166M | 186M | 168M | 203M | 121M | 153M | 170M | 197M | 155M | 192M | 207M | 220M |
| Op. Margin | 8.8% | 11.8% | 13.1% | 12.0% | 14.7% | 9.2% | 11.5% | 12.3% | 13.7% | 10.6% | 12.3% | 12.8% | 13.3% |
| Net Income | 74M | 107M | 126M | 90M | 157M | 82M | 109M | 119M | 141M | 93M | 125M | 134M | 144M |
| Net Margin | 4.9% | 7.6% | 8.9% | 6.4% | 11.3% | 6.2% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 9.8% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 8.3% | 8.7% |
| Non-Recurring | 17M | 44M | 3.0M | 34M | -63K | 1.1M | 3.6M | -331K | -276K | -541K | 140K | -289K | -289K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 5.1% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 7.0% | 9.5% | 6.5% | 8.2% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 6.5% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 8.6% |
| ROE | 6.4% | 11.3% | 15.0% | 10.6% | 18.4% | 9.4% | 12.1% | 12.7% | 14.5% | 9.1% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 11.8% |
| ROA | 4.0% | 6.1% | 7.5% | 5.3% | 8.9% | 4.6% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 4.7% | 6.2% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 189M | 128M | 184M | 36M | 84M | 177M | 219M | 145M | 12M | 170M | 157M | 128M | 123M |
| Free Cash Flow | 110M | 48M | 102M | -20M | 33M | 138M | 167M | 84M | -67M | 82M | 98M | 38M | 22M |
| Owner Earnings | 131M | 79M | 129M | -18M | 30M | 121M | 164M | 84M | -57M | 103M | 87M | 53M | 47M |
| CapEx | 79M | 80M | 81M | 56M | 51M | 39M | 52M | 61M | 79M | 88M | 59M | 89M | 101M |
| Maint. CapEx | 51M | 48M | 47M | 49M | 53M | 55M | 50M | 52M | 52M | 58M | 60M | 61M | 62M |
| Growth CapEx | 28M | 32M | 34M | 7.8M | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 8.7M | 27M | 30M | 0 | 28M | 40M |
| D&A | 51M | 48M | 47M | 49M | 53M | 55M | 50M | 52M | 52M | 58M | 60M | 61M | 62M |
| CapEx/OCF | 42.0% | 62.4% | 36.5% | 155.2% | 60.8% | 22.1% | 23.8% | 41.9% | 657.2% | 51.8% | 37.7% | 69.9% | 82.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 48M | 48M | 50M | 54M | 57M | 62M | 66M | 67M | 69M | 69M | 69M | 70M | 70M |
| Dividend Yield | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 137M | 177M | 50M | 87M | 77M | 0 | 0 | 43M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 5.6% | 7.4% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 3.8% | N/A | N/A | 1.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 6.3M | 1.6M | 7.7M | 5.9M | 503K | 739K | 5.6M | 9.6M | 16M | 8.9M | 10M | 14M | 15M |
| Debt Repayment | 128M | 157M | 247M | 240M | 284M | 134M | 154M | 110M | 171M | 355M | 167M | 178M | 178M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 447M | 622M | 577M | 595M | 678M | 608M | 535M | 513M | 695M | 701M | 672M | 778M | 729M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 20M | 12M | 26M | 29M | 32M | 21M | 25M | 26M | 21M | 29M | 27M | 37M | 39M |
| Long-Term Debt | 451M | 614M | 583M | 604M | 690M | 598M | 518M | 503M | 630M | 645M | 614M | 709M | 768M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.63 |
| Interest Coverage | 8.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 10.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.3 |
| Equity | 1.0B | 845M | 836M | 852M | 860M | 882M | 934M | 938M | 1000M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Total Assets | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 725M | 859M | 832M | 872M | 965M | 859M | 807M | 807M | 982M | 961M | 963M | 1.1B | -23M |
| Intangibles | 8.8M | 9.2M | 8.1M | 7.2M | 19M | 12M | 11M | 15M | 19M | 12M | 12M | 10M | 9.9M |
| Retained Earnings | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B |
| Working Capital | 534M | 516M | 503M | 517M | 608M | 587M | 526M | 509M | 663M | 700M | 691M | 818M | 898M |
| Current Assets | 759M | 729M | 717M | 733M | 823M | 788M | 742M | 741M | 935M | 937M | 962M | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Current Liabilities | 225M | 213M | 214M | 216M | 215M | 201M | 216M | 232M | 272M | 236M | 271M | 264M | 224M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.51 | 2.31 | 2.82 | 2.03 | 3.70 | 1.94 | 2.59 | 2.81 | 3.34 | 2.21 | 2.94 | 3.16 | 3.26 |
| Owner EPS | 2.70 | 1.70 | 2.88 | -0.41 | 0.70 | 2.87 | 3.87 | 1.98 | -1.34 | 2.44 | 2.05 | 1.24 | 1.10 |
| Book Value | 21.47 | 18.28 | 18.67 | 19.31 | 20.22 | 20.85 | 22.11 | 22.21 | 23.70 | 24.93 | 25.02 | 28.04 | 28.56 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 3.88 | 2.77 | 4.10 | 0.82 | 1.96 | 4.19 | 5.18 | 3.44 | 0.29 | 4.02 | 3.71 | 3.00 | 4.82 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.11 | 1.23 | 1.35 | 1.47 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.63 |
| Shares Out. | 48.8M | 46.2M | 44.8M | 44.1M | 42.5M | 42.3M | 42.3M | 42.3M | 42.2M | 42.3M | 42.4M | 42.6M | 42.7M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 33.1 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 30.3 | 12.8 | 29.5 | 25.7 | 32.6 | 20.2 | 28.9 | 24.0 | 30.3 | 38.9 |
| P/FCF | 22.2 | 49.7 | 28.2 | N/A | 61.7 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 45.9 | N/A | 32.9 | 30.6 | 106.0 | 247.1 |
| EV/EBIT | 21.9 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 13.1 | 24.7 | 21.6 | 25.5 | 17.7 | 21.3 | 18.8 | 22.7 | 27.9 |
| Price/Book | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| Price/Sales | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| FCF Yield | 4.5% | 2.0% | 3.6% | -0.7% | 1.6% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 2.2% | -2.4% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Market Cap | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.0B | 2.4B | 2.8B | 3.9B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 3.0B | 4.1B | 5.4B |
| Avg. Price | 42.82 | 52.26 | 56.32 | 64.52 | 58.69 | 57.21 | 50.26 | 78.29 | 74.02 | 63.92 | 70.54 | 90.54 | 126.79 |
| Year-End Price | 49.97 | 51.67 | 64.41 | 61.42 | 47.53 | 57.15 | 66.55 | 91.63 | 67.44 | 63.77 | 70.60 | 95.70 | 126.79 |
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP trades at 40.1x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 27.3x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 140.3x vs a median of 30.6x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 8.4% with a gross margin of 32.9%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 1.3%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -8.4%.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a net profit margin of 8.3%. This is a modest margin.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) generated $38 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. This indicates moderate leverage.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $3.16 in its most recent fiscal year.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a return on equity (ROE) of 11.9%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a 5-year average gross margin of 32.9%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 15 years of financial data for SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT) has a book value per share of $28.04, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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