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Does Sensient Technologies's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.29×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Sensient Technologies's revenue?

Sensient Technologies reported revenue of $1.6B for FY2025, with net profit of $134.5M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Sensient Technologies (SXT)?

Sensient Technologies last traded at $134.97 (+1.4% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Sensient Technologies

SXT · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerSXT

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees4,070

HeadquartersMilwaukee, United States

Websitewww.sensient.com

Filings tracked16

About Sensient Technologies

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific. The Flavors & Extracts segment develops, manufactures, and supplies flavor systems for the food, beverage, and personal care industries under the Sensient Flavors and Sensient Agricultural Ingredients brands. This segment produces flavor, extract, and essential oil products; Agricultural Ingredients, such as dehydrated garlic, onion, and other agricultural ingredients for food processors; systems products, including flavor-delivery systems, taste modulation systems, and compounded and blended products; and selected ingredient products, such as natural and synthetic flavors, natural extracts, and essential oils. The Color segment develops, manufactures, and supplies colors. This segment provides natural and synthetic color systems for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical sectors; colors and other ingredients, such as active ingredients, solubilizers, and surface-treated pigments for personal care; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients, including colors, flavors, and coatings; and technical colors for industrial applications under the Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical, Sensient Beauty, and Sensient Specialty Markets brand names. The Asia Pacific segment markets its products in the Pacific Rim and India under the Sensient name. In addition, the company produces and distributes chili powder, paprika, chili pepper, and parsley products. Sensient Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Who owns it

Insiders1.3%
Institutions98.7%
Public & other0.0%

499 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.60%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.52%
Freemont Capital Pte Ltd.4.82%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.51%
State Street Corporation4.04%
Jupiter Topco LLC4.03%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.61%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.49%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.29×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend6.4% → 8.3%

Margin has expanded by about 1.9 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev 5% · PAT 20%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $449.4M · EPS 0.88

Est. earnings growth +21.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.1B · EPS 4.99

Est. earnings growth +19.4%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.6B

Net margin

8.3%

ROE

11.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+5.2%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+20.0%

EPS (FY2025)

3.16

Net profit (FY2025)

$134.5M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.6B	$134.5M	3.16	8.3%	11.3%
FY2024	$1.6B	$124.7M	2.94	8.0%	11.8%
FY2023	$1.5B	$93.4M	2.21	6.4%	8.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$462.1M	$51.4M	1.20	11.1%
2026Q1	$435.8M	$44.2M	1.04	10.1%
2025Q3	$412.1M	$37.0M	0.87	9.0%
2025Q2	$414.2M	$37.6M	0.88	9.1%
2025Q1	$392.3M	$34.5M	0.81	8.8%
2024Q3	$392.6M	$32.7M	0.77	8.3%
2024Q2	$403.5M	$30.9M	0.73	7.7%
2024Q1	$384.7M	$30.9M	0.73	8.0%
2023Q3	$363.8M	$31.5M	0.75	8.7%
2023Q2	$374.3M	$34.0M	0.81	9.1%
2023Q1	$369.0M	$33.7M	0.80	9.1%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC9/2/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC8/4/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/24/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC6/23/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/24/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/13/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/13/2026

2025

8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC12/9/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/4/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/31/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC9/19/2025material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC8/12/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/5/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/25/2025material

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