Sensient Technologies (SXT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE:SXT) develops and manufactures colors, flavors, fragrances, and other specialty ingredients used by food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, and industrial customers. Its products are designed to improve the taste, appearance, aroma, and performance of consumer and commercial goods.

The company’s principal offerings include natural and synthetic food and beverage colors, flavor systems and extracts, botanical ingredients, pharmaceutical colors, and colors and fragrances for cosmetics, personal care products, and other applications. Sensient also provides technical expertise and formulation support to help customers develop and customize finished products.

Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sensient serves customers internationally through operations and sales activities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other global markets. The company traces its history to 1882 and was previously known as Universal Foods Corporation before adopting the Sensient Technologies name in 2000.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $128.85 to $131.00
• 50-Day Range: $108.74 to $137.96
• 52-Week Range: $82.60 to $138.82
• Volume: 128,608 shs
• Average Volume: 400,241 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 34.86
• Dividend Yield: 1.27%
• Price Target: $140.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Sensient Technologies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sensient Technologies scored higher than 87% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 70th out of 226 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Sensient Technologies has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Sensient Technologies is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sensient Technologies has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.67%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sensient Technologies are expected to grow by 16.67% in the coming year, from $4.20 to $4.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sensient Technologies is 34.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sensient Technologies is 34.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.12.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sensient Technologies has a P/B Ratio of 4.60. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.78% of the float of Sensient Technologies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sensient Technologies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.89.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sensient Technologies has recently increased by 17.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Sensient Technologies pays a meaningful dividend of 1.26%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Sensient Technologies does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sensient Technologies is 44.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Sensient Technologies will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.47% next year. This indicates that Sensient Technologies will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.50

News Sentiment

Sensient Technologies has a news sentiment score of 1.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Sensient Technologies this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for SXT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sensient Technologies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $155,376.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.30% of the stock of Sensient Technologies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.86% of the stock of Sensient Technologies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/24/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 9/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SXT
• CIK: 310142
• Web: www.sensient.com
• Phone: (414) 271-6755
• Fax: 414-347-4795
• Employees: 4,070
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sensient Technologies: $140.00
• High Price Target: $155.00
• Low Price Target: $125.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.71
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 34.86
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.79
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $134.49 million
• Net Margins: 9.27%
• Pretax Margin: 12.23%
• Return on Equity: 13.77%
• Return on Assets: 7.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.61
• Current Ratio: 4.39
• Quick Ratio: 1.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.61 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.41
• Cash Flow: $4.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 26.30
• Book Value: $28.09 per share
• Price / Book: 4.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 42,560,000
• Free Float: 42,010,000
• Market Cap: $5.50 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.80