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NYSE:SXT

Sensient Technologies - SXT Competitors

$73.53
+2.22 (+3.11%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$70.41
$73.59
50-Day Range
$69.41
$79.09
52-Week Range
$63.17
$89.34
Volume
156,566 shs
Average Volume
177,508 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.11 billion
P/E Ratio
22.01
Dividend Yield
2.23%
Price Target
$81.00

SXT vs. NEU, MEOH, GPRE, WLKP, LAC, SSRM, PVG, OR, KWR, and CALM

Should you be buying Sensient Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sensient Technologies include NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), Green Plains (GPRE), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Lithium Americas (LAC), SSR Mining (SSRM), Pretium Resources (PVG), Osisko Gold Royalties (OR), Quaker Chemical (KWR), and Cal-Maine Foods (CALM). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

Sensient Technologies vs.

Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) and NewMarket (NYSE:NEU) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Sensient Technologies has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewMarket has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sensient Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. NewMarket pays an annual dividend of $8.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Sensient Technologies pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewMarket pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NewMarket is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Sensient Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Given Sensient Technologies' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sensient Technologies is more favorable than NewMarket.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sensient Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
NewMarket
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Sensient Technologies and Sensient Technologies both had 1 articles in the media. Sensient Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat NewMarket's score of 0.05 indicating that Sensient Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sensient Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NewMarket
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

NewMarket has higher revenue and earnings than Sensient Technologies. NewMarket is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sensient Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sensient Technologies$1.44 billion2.16$140.89 million$3.3422.01
NewMarket$2.76 billion1.24$279.54 million$27.8712.73

Sensient Technologies received 90 more outperform votes than NewMarket when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.88% of users gave Sensient Technologies an outperform vote while only 61.14% of users gave NewMarket an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sensient TechnologiesOutperform Votes
293
62.88%
Underperform Votes
173
37.12%
NewMarketOutperform Votes
203
61.14%
Underperform Votes
129
38.86%

NewMarket has a net margin of 10.11% compared to Sensient Technologies' net margin of 9.80%. NewMarket's return on equity of 39.23% beat Sensient Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sensient Technologies 9.80% 14.35% 7.50%
NewMarket 10.11% 39.23% 12.21%

87.3% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of NewMarket shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sensient Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of NewMarket shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sensient Technologies and NewMarket tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SXT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SXT vs. The Competition

MetricSensient TechnologiesIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.11B$2.24B$2.62B$14.08B
Dividend Yield2.28%5.01%4.57%3.85%
P/E Ratio22.013.9582.9820.16
Price / Sales2.16298.1676,028.8310.38
Price / Cash15.78165.2525.2924.57
Price / Book3.0919.493.146.79
Net Income$140.89M$223.47M$388.76M$870.19M
7 Day Performance4.52%-3.62%1.05%0.70%
1 Month Performance-1.68%-16.28%0.90%-7.22%
1 Year Performance-8.83%-39.46%-12.20%-15.17%

Sensient Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEU
NewMarket
1.95 of 5 stars
$351.42
-0.8%
N/A+8.9%$3.40B$2.76B12.612,104Analyst Downgrade
MEOH
Methanex
2.7283 of 5 stars
$45.58
-2.6%
$54.50
+19.6%
-20.1%$3.13B$4.31B10.201,300
GPRE
Green Plains
1.6546 of 5 stars
$30.23
-5.5%
$40.83
+35.1%
-3.7%$1.79B$3.66B-12.81859Gap Down
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
2.8221 of 5 stars
$21.91
+0.3%
$28.33
+29.3%
-18.3%$771.67M$1.59B11.972,020
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.8726 of 5 stars
$20.43
-1.7%
$39.00
+90.9%
-36.1%$3.09BN/A-29.19347
SSRM
SSR Mining
2.733 of 5 stars
$14.04
+1.4%
$26.67
+89.9%
-33.8%$2.86B$1.15B15.782,500
PVG
Pretium Resources
0 of 5 stars
$15.05
flat
N/AN/A$2.83B$611.14M-94.06816
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties
2.0123 of 5 stars
$14.66
+1.8%
$22.00
+50.1%
+12.7%$2.70B$167.54M-29.3233
KWR
Quaker Chemical
1.7551 of 5 stars
$183.07
-1.9%
$211.50
+15.5%
+0.2%$3.29B$1.94B-205.704,600
CALM
Cal-Maine Foods
2.3003 of 5 stars
$53.93
-0.8%
$58.50
+8.5%
+8.3%$2.64B$1.78B5.562,985Upcoming Earnings
This page (NYSE:SXT) was last updated on 3/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff