Sensient Technologies - SXT Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sensient Technologies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" SXT shares.
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2 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Sensient Technologies' shares. Their SXT share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $81.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price.
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Sensient Technologies' stock was trading at $72.92 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SXT stock has increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $74.39.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 5th 2023.
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Sensient Technologies Co. (NYSE:SXT) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 10th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.06. The specialty chemicals company earned $348.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.42 million. Sensient Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.35% and a net margin of 9.80%. Sensient Technologies's quarterly revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share.

Sensient Technologies announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 6th.
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Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.23%. The dividend payout ratio is 49.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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226 employees have rated Sensient Technologies Chief Executive Officer Paul Manning on Glassdoor.com. Paul Manning has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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Sensient Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SXT."

Sensient Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nordea Investment Management AB (3.49%), First Trust Advisors LP (2.36%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.99%), ProShare Advisors LLC (1.50%) and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC (1.49%). Insiders that own company stock include Elaine R Wedral, Essie Whitelaw, Sharad P Jain and Winder Investment Pte Ltd.
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Shares of SXT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SXT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $74.39.

Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $140.89 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,094 workers across the globe.

Sensient Technologies' mailing address is 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI, 53202. The official website for the company is www.sensient.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (414) 271-6755, via email at investor.relations@sensient.com, or via fax at 414-347-4795.